Question

the passage below describes an experiment. read the passage and then follow the instructions below. leroy divided 40 unripe bananas evenly among eight paper bags and sealed the bags. he poked 20 small holes in four of the bags and left the other four without holes. he kept the bags at room temperature for three days. then, leroy opened the bags and counted the number of brown spots on each banana. he compared the average number of brown spots on bananas from bags with holes to the average number of brown spots on bananas from bags without holes. identify the question that leroys experiment can best answer. do bananas develop more brown spots if they are kept in bags with holes compared to bags without holes? do bananas develop more brown spots when they are kept at room temperature compared to in a cold refrigerator?

Explanation:

Leroy's experiment has two groups of bags - with and without holes - and he compares the average number of brown spots on bananas from each group. The variable being tested is the presence of holes in the bags.

Answer:

Do bananas develop more brown spots if they are kept in bags with holes compared to bags without holes?