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A gardener claims that seaweed fertiliser makes her tomato plants produce more fruit.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?

  1. A. Plants she fed with seaweed fertiliser produced an average of 30 tomatoes each, while identical plants without it produced 18.Correct
  2. B. Seaweed fertiliser smells strongly of the sea.
  3. C. Her tomatoes are red.
  4. D. She buys the fertiliser from a shop by the harbour.

Answer: A. Plants she fed with seaweed fertiliser produced an average of 30 tomatoes each, while identical plants without it produced 18.

A comparison of fed and unfed plants.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Seaweed fertiliser smells strongly of the sea.
Smell.
C. Her tomatoes are red.
Colour.
D. She buys the fertiliser from a shop by the harbour.
Where she buys it.

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