Rico and Patrick love to go shark fishing. They wondered if a new brand of shark bait would help them catch more sharks. To test their idea, they bought a big container of bait for their next 3 trips to their top-secret fishing spot. Rico fished without any bait, while Patrick used the new bait. Both of them kept track of how many sharks they caught in 30 minutes, which is shown in the chart. Rico

Patrick

25

24

18

28

26

19

1.Which person was the control?

2. What is the independent variable?

3. What is the dependent variable?

4. Based on the data, how would you rate the new bait?

1. Patrick

2. old bait

3. new bait

4. great

Explanation:

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nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.