Suppose this experiment was repeated two weeks in a row. Each time the same person was the hand scrubber and the procedure was repeated exactly the same. Would you expect the number and kinds of microorganisms present in the first hand scrub (A) or the last hand scrub (E) to be similar from week to week?

A) I would expect the number and kinds of microorganisms present in the first hand scrub (A) to be similar from week to week.
B) I would expect the number and kinds of microorganisms present in the last hand scrub (E) to be similar from week to week.
C) Neither choice (scrub A or scrub E) would be similar from week to week.


B) I would expect the number and kinds of microorganisms present in the last hand scrub (E) to be similar from week to week.

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