A scientist wanted to investigate the effect of light on the rate of ripening of tomatoes. She set up four pots of the same size with identical amounts of soil, water, and type of tomato plants. Each plant was exposed to a different intensity of light. What would the dependent variable for this experiment?

rate of ripening

Explanation:

Every experiment that an experimenter carries out includes a dependent variable and an independent variable.

A dependent variable is a variable in the research which depends on another. It is dependent and its value changes if the independent variable changes.

In the context, a scientist investigating the rate of ripening of tomatoes with relation to the light and its effect on tomatoes. Thus the independent variable here is the intensity of light and the dependent variable is the ripening of the tomatoes.

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i think the answer is b.