Question

15. Use the information below to answer the following question(s). Four groups of students were each given a piece of aluminum foil (20 cm 20 cm), a container holding one liter of water, and some pennies. Each group was instructed to use the aluminum foil to make a boat that would hold the greatest number of pennies while floating on the water. The dependent variable in this investigation is the:

A. amount of water.
B. number of pennies.
C. size of the aluminum foil.
D. length of the boat.

Answer 1

In the provided investigation, the dependent variable is the number of pennies the aluminum foil boat can hold while floating.

Step-by-step explanation:

The dependent variable in this investigation is the number of pennies that the boat can hold while floating. This variable is dependent because it will change based on the variable that is being tested, which can be the design or shape of the boat. The objective of the experiment is to determine the boat design that will hold the greatest number of pennies, therefore the success of the boat is measured by the number of pennies it can support without sinking.

Answer 2

b

Step-by-step explanation:

because the variable being tested in this experiment is the number of pennies that could fit into that boat