Javier's little sister tends to bother him while he is doing homework. Javier wants to figure out which toy will keep his sister occupied the longest, so he will not be bothered. Javier decides to conduct an experiment where each day at 6 PM for a week he gives his sister a different toy and on one of the days he gives her no toys to play with. Javier measures the amount of time his sister spends playing with each toy before she comes to bother him. Which of the following is the dependent variable in this example?  a Amount of time spent playing with the toy  b Day of the week  c Homework assignment being completed  d Time of day  e Toy being offered

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Javier's little sister tends to bother him while he is doing homework. Javier wants to figure out which toy will keep his sister occupied the longest, so he will not be bothered. Javier decides to conduct an experiment where each day at 6 PM for a week he gives his sister a different toy and on one of the days he gives her no toys to play with. Javier measures the amount of time his sister spends playing with each toy before she comes to bother him. Which of the following is the dependent variable in this example?

 a

Amount of time spent playing with the toy

 b

Day of the week

 c

Homework assignment being completed

 d

Time of day

 e

Toy being offered

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