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A company is creating a new mosquito repellent, and needs to figure out how much is

needed to stop mosquito bites. They find volunteers from the nearby college. Each
person is given either 1mL, 2mL, or 3mL of the repellent to rub on their arm. Some
volunteers are given no repellent. Each person is then put in a room with mosquitoes for
10 minutes. Numbers of bites are measured for each volunteer.


What is the independent variable

What is the dependent variable

And what is the control group

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A company is creating a new mosquito repellent, and needs to figure out how much is
needed to stop mosquito bites. They find volunteers from the nearby college. Each
person is given either 1mL, 2mL, or 3mL of the repellent to rub on their arm. Some
volunteers are given no repellent. Each person is then put in a room with mosquitoes for
10 minutes. Numbers of bites are measured for each volunteer.
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