When Researchers Studied the Weights of Miss America Pageant Winners

question 50

Multiple Choice

When researchers studied the weights of Miss America pageant winners from 1922 to 1999,they found that the weights of pageant winners

• A)fluctuated from year to year.
• B)had increased over time.
• C)had decreased over time.
• D)had increased until about 1960 and then started to decrease.

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