Lexy and Lonnel applied to the same university. They looked up the average SAT score of students admitted to that university. Lexy’s SAT score was 30 points above the average score. Lonnel’s SAT score was 270 points below the average score. Which expression represents the difference in their scores? ❘-270 - 30❘
❘30 - 270❘
-❘30 - ❘270❘
-❘30❘ + ❘-270❘

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.