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A store raises the price of a jacket by 20%. Later, it lowers the new price by 20%. The final price is what percent of the original price?

A80%
B96%Correct
C100%The trap
D104%

Check with $100: $100then$120then$96

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Research Summaries · Lesson 2

Comparing experiments and trials

Most Research Summaries passages have two or three experiments that share one basic procedure. Each new experiment usually changes one thing: a new independent variable, a new material, or a new condition held constant. Questions ask how the experiments differ, which trials to compare, and why a step was included.

To see what changed, compare the setup sentences and the table headers side by side. If Table 1's first column is Water temperature and Table 2's is Stirring rate, the experiments tested different variables. Then look for the constants that changed: at 20 °C, unstirred, a single cube.

To test the effect of one variable, choose two trials that differ only in that variable. If two trials differ in two ways, you cannot tell which difference caused the change in the result. Many passages also contain a "linking" trial that appears in more than one experiment (the same conditions, the same result). Spotting it helps you connect the experiments.

Choosing trials to compare
To find the effect of...Pick trials that...Avoid trials that...
One variable (say, sugar mass)differ in that variable and match in everything elsealso differ in temperature, time, or material
A variable at one condition (say, at 35 °C)all sit at that conditioninclude a trial at another condition
A change across experimentsshare the same baseline trialcome from experiments with different constants

Worked example Medium

Students studied how quickly sugar dissolves in water. In every trial, 2.0 g of sugar was added to 200 mL of water in a beaker, and the students recorded the time until no solid sugar could be seen.

Experiment 1

A single 2.0 g sugar cube was dropped into unstirred water at 5 different temperatures.

Table 1

Water temperature (°C)Dissolving time (s)
10312
20240
30181
40135
5098

Experiment 2

A single 2.0 g sugar cube was dropped into water at 20 °C while a magnetic stirrer spun at different rates, in revolutions per minute (rpm).

Table 2

Stirring rate (rpm)Dissolving time (s)
0240
60118
12072
18051

Experiment 3

In unstirred water at 20 °C, the students compared 2.0 g of sugar in three forms.

Table 3

Form of sugarDissolving time (s)
One cube240
Granulated95
Powdered41

How did the procedure of Experiment 2 differ from that of Experiment 1?

  1. In Experiment 2, the stirring rate was varied and the water stayed at 20 °C; in Experiment 1, the water temperature was varied and the water was not stirred.Answer
  2. In Experiment 2, the water temperature was varied and the water was not stirred; in Experiment 1, the stirring rate was varied and the water stayed at 20 °C.
  3. In Experiment 2, the form of the sugar was varied from a cube to a powder; in Experiment 1, every trial used a single 2.0 g sugar cube.
  4. In Experiment 2, the mass of the sugar was varied from trial to trial; in Experiment 1, the mass of the sugar was always kept at 2.0 g.

How to solve it

  1. Experiment 1: "unstirred water at 5 different temperatures." Table 1 header: Water temperature (°C). Changed: temperature. Constant: no stirring.
  2. Experiment 2: "water at 20 °C while a magnetic stirrer spun at different rates." Table 2 header: Stirring rate (rpm). Changed: stirring. Constant: 20 °C.
  3. Choice A states both halves correctly. Choice B has the right ideas attached to the wrong experiments, the most common trap on this question type.

Why each choice is right or wrong

  • A. Correct. Table 2's first column is Stirring rate (rpm), 0 to 180, with the water at 20 °C; Table 1's is Water temperature (°C), 10 to 50, in unstirred water.
  • B. Incorrect. This choice swaps the two experiments: temperature was the variable in Experiment 1 (Table 1), and stirring rate was the variable in Experiment 2 (Table 2).
  • C. Incorrect. Comparing a cube with a powder was the design of Experiment 3 (Table 3: one cube, granulated, powdered); Experiment 2 always used a single cube.
  • D. Incorrect. The mass of the sugar was 2.0 g in every trial of every experiment, as the opening paragraph states, so it was never varied.

Worked example Hard

Students studied how quickly sugar dissolves in water. In every trial, 2.0 g of sugar was added to 200 mL of water in a beaker, and the students recorded the time until no solid sugar could be seen.

Experiment 1

A single 2.0 g sugar cube was dropped into unstirred water at 5 different temperatures.

Table 1

Water temperature (°C)Dissolving time (s)
10312
20240
30181
40135
5098

Experiment 2

A single 2.0 g sugar cube was dropped into water at 20 °C while a magnetic stirrer spun at different rates, in revolutions per minute (rpm).

Table 2

Stirring rate (rpm)Dissolving time (s)
0240
60118
12072
18051

Experiment 3

In unstirred water at 20 °C, the students compared 2.0 g of sugar in three forms.

Table 3

Form of sugarDissolving time (s)
One cube240
Granulated95
Powdered41

Starting from a 2.0 g sugar cube in unstirred water at 20 °C, which ONE of the following changes produced the shortest dissolving time in these experiments?

  1. Raising the water temperature to 50 °C, with no stirring
  2. Keeping the water at 20 °C and stirring it at 60 rpm
  3. Keeping the water at 20 °C and stirring it at 120 rpmAnswer
  4. Using granulated sugar instead of a cube, with no stirring

How to solve it

  1. Find the starting condition. A cube in unstirred 20 °C water appears in all three tables, and it took 240 s each time: the linking trial.
  2. Locate each change in its own table: 50 °C, unstirred is Table 1 (98 s); 60 rpm is Table 2 (118 s); 120 rpm is Table 2 (72 s); granulated is Table 3 (95 s).
  3. The shortest of 98 s, 118 s, 72 s, and 95 s is 72 s, so stirring at 120 rpm wins. Note that the biggest-looking change (the hottest water) is not the fastest.

Why each choice is right or wrong

  • A. Incorrect. Raising the water to 50 °C cut the time to 98 s (Table 1), longer than the 72 s from stirring at 120 rpm. It is the largest temperature change, but not the fastest result.
  • B. Incorrect. Stirring at 60 rpm gave 118 s (Table 2), the slowest of the four changes listed.
  • C. Correct. Stirring at 120 rpm in 20 °C water gave 72 s (Table 2), the shortest time among the four changes listed: 98 s, 118 s, 72 s, and 95 s.
  • D. Incorrect. Granulated sugar dissolved in 95 s (Table 3), faster than the 98 s at 50 °C but slower than the 72 s at 120 rpm.

Trap Comparing trials that differ in two ways

If you compare a 5 g trial at 25 °C with a 10 g trial at 35 °C, both sugar and temperature changed, so the result cannot be credited to either one. Before you accept a pair of trials, check every column of the table, not just the one the question names.

Trap Right description, wrong experiment

Answer choices often describe a real feature of the passage but attach it to the wrong experiment, or swap two experiments. Point to the exact setup sentence or table header for each half of a choice before you pick it.

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