OSTRACH

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MARCOS SOAP EXPERIMENT
Marco always gets his clothes dirty when he works on his bike. l!s" he can
ne#er seem to get rid o$ the grease stains. He saw a commercial $or a new
la!ndry soa% de#elo%ed es%ecially to remo#e grease. Marco wondered i$ he
sho!ld try this soa% to get o!t the grease stains. He decided that i$ the claims
were tr!e" then the new soa% wo!ld get his clothes cleaner than his reg!lar
soa% wo!ld.
Marco bo!ght the new soa% and decided to try an e&%eriment. He %!t the same amo!nt o$ grease
on two identical rags. 'irst" he washed one rag with his reg!lar soa%. Then" in the same washer" he
washed the other with the new soa%. The amo!nt and tem%erat!re o$ the water and the time were
ke%t the same $or each washing. S!re eno!gh" the rag that was washed in the new soa% was
cleaner(
Complete the chart below based on Marcos experience:
Marco)s %roblem
Marco)s *!estion
Research he co!ld do
His hy%othesis
Inde%endent #ariable +what ,-. change/
De%endent #ariable +what is a$$ected by the inde%endent/
0ist 1 Constants
The res!lts
Marco)s concl!sion