Hypothesis For Duckweed Experiment

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For our experiment, we followed instructions very precisely. Each vial had a different amount of saline so that we could see the effects on the duckweed. Our duckweed was placed under a light for quite a while. In the beginning, we checked the growth of our duckweed every day and as we got further and further in we checked less and less. Once we reached carrying capacity we stopped collecting data and performed a difficult math equation to figure out the rate of growth. We then graphed each vial separately so we could see the overall data we collected. Our experiment came very close to matching other examples of the same experiment. In the beginning, our hypothesis was “If we add more saline to the duckweed the less it will grow”. This statement

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