Max Wants to Start a Farm to Grow Mussels

question 44

Essay

Max wants to start a farm to grow mussels. He needs to determine the best environment for growing them. He is going to try two different amounts of salt in the water (salinity) and three different water temperatures. For his experiment he has 18 aquariums, each with 20 mussels. He wants to see which environment produces the largest mussels.

-Identify the factors and levels.

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