Spongebob dropped his pumpkin on his way out of the grocery store. disappointed, he wondered if the splat would’ve been smaller if he hadn’t bought the largest pumpkin. he decided he’d by six pumpkins of different weights and purposely drop them on his back patio. he would then measure the distance across each splat. he found that the heaviest pumpkin did the widest flat. what is the independent variable? a. pumpkin types b. weight of pumpkins c. distance across splats d. dropping pumpkins