A student runs an experiment to figure out if the size of a wire changes how well it conducts electricity. She uses 5 different widths of copper wire and attaches each to a multimeter to measure
the resistance in the wires. The data collected is shown below.
Wire 1-12 Ohms
Wire 2-17 Ohms
Wire 3-9 Ohms
Wire 4-14 Ohms
Wire 5-6 Ohms
What is the independent variable in this experiment?
A. The multimeter.
B. The resistance values.
C. The material of the wires, copper.
D. The widths of the wires.