Astudent notices that when bananas are kept near other fruits, the other fruits ripen faster. she wonders what causes the other fruits to ripen more quickly and thinks that bananas must have an influence on the ripening process. she decides to perform an experiment. she gathers bananas and apples and places an apple by itself at location a and an apple next to a banana at location b. she then waits for five days and records the how ripe each apple is.
what would be the next step in this experiment?
a. construct a hypothesis and record data
b. ask questions and construct a hypothesis
c. make observations and draw a conclusion
d. analyze the results and make a conclusion