Students set up three trials of an experiment to test the effect of the amount of water on bean plant growth. In each trial, five plants each receive one of three amounts of water. After one week, students measure the change in each plant's height. The table summarizes their data. Which data value is most likely to be an error in the data shown?

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You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.