Brittany worked in the produce department of a grocery store in the afternoons. She wondered how much the ripeness of bananas affected the sale of the fruit. She collected data for 10 days on the total number of pounds bananas sold of green, yellow, and brown-black bananas. What is the independent variable in her experiment?

A. Ripeness of bananas
B. Type of people who buy different bananas
C. The number of days the data was collected
D. Amount of bananas sold


Answer: A. Ripeness of bananas

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