For Professional Baseball Players, Swinginga

question 332

Multiple Choice

For professional baseball players, swinginga. a pitched ball is reinforced with a home run on a ________ schedule.

• A) fixed-interval
• B) variable-interval
• C) fixed-ratio
• D) variable-ratio

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