A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine If People Will

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A group of researchers wanted to determine if people will eat more food in a room that is decorated with red than in a room that is decorated with blue.Half the participants in this study ate in a red room and half ate in a blue room.The researchers then measured how much food was consumed in each of the two rooms.What is the independent variable in this study

• A) the colour of the decorations in the room 
• B) the amount of food consumed in the red room 
• C) the amount of food consumed in the blue room 
• D) the participants in each group

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