A group of researchers wanted to determine whether people would eat more food in a cool room than in a hot room.Half the participants ate in a warm room (75°F) and half the participants ate in a cool room (65°F).The researchers then measured how much food was consumed in each of the two rooms.In this study, the dependent variable is:

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The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured or observed, which is the amount of food that is consumed in this study. The independent variable is the temperature of the room, as it was manipulated by the researchers to see if it had an effect on the dependent variable. The type of food and how hungry the participants are at the start of the study are other variables that may affect the amount of food consumed, but they are not the dependent variable in this study.

A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine Whether People Would