Students set up an experiment to test the effect of gravity on different objects. They fill balloons with different amounts of water and drop them from the third-floor window of their school. They time how long each balloon takes to reach the ground. They repeat the process three times what is the experimental variable?

A number of times th drops were repeated
B times that the balloons take to drop
C mass of the balloons
D height of the window

A number of times the drops were repeated