You Are Watching a Pigeon Pecking a Disk in a Small

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Multiple Choice

You are watching a pigeon pecking a disk in a small chamber.There is a cumulative recorder connected to the disk.While you are watching,the pigeon is pecking at a slow,steady rate.Based on this information,you can predict that the line on the cumulative recorder will

• A) have a steep, upward slope.
• B) have a shallow, upward slope.
• C) have a shallow, downward slope.
• D) have a steep, downward slope.

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