Question

A student pours 10.0 g of salt into a container of water and observes the amount of time it takes for the salt to dissolve. She then repeats the process using the same amounts of salt and water but this time she slowly stirs the mixture while it is dissolving. The student performs the experiment one more time but this time she stirs the mixture rapidly.

The dependent variable in this experiment is:

Time for salt to dissolve
Speed of stirring
Amount of water
Mass of salt

Answer 1

I believe the dependent variable in this experiment is the time for salt to dissolve since it depends on the speed of stirring (independent variable).

Therefore, the answer is:

Time for salt to dissolve

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