Directions: Use the digits 1 to 9 at most one time each, to fill in the boxes to find the greatest value of x
that you can. (Hint - Where should the 9 go or not go? Where should the 1 go or not go?) This is a task
of trial and error. write your equation, show all steps
used to solve for x and find the value of x.

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.