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The group of mice that is not given the drug is known as the control. Why do scientists use controls when designing experiments?

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they use a control to compare whatever drug they are testing. they look at the difference between the mice that were given the drug and the ones that weren’t, and compare them to find the effectiveness of the drug. hope this helped :)
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