Which of the following scenarios is the best option to pay an installment loan? a car installment loan with 5% APR over 7 years a home improvement installment loan of 5% APR over 10 years an office expense installment loan of 8% APR over 5 years a computer and software loan of 8% APR over 8 years

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.