Farrah is designing an experiment in an effort to determine how the environmental noise level people are exposed to affects their hearing. In the experiment, Farrah is collecting these data by researching the average number of decibels a person is exposed to in a day, using their smart phones. She is then testing each participant’s hearing level with a hearing test and giving them a score from 1–100, depending on how well they hear the various tones. What is the independent variable in Farrah’s experiment?(1 point)

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the participant’s age
the participant’s age

the number of days the experiment lasts
the number of days the experiment lasts

the score on the hearing test
the score on the hearing test

the average decibels a person is exposed to daily....

the average decibels a person is exposed to daily.