What is the control group?

Which people are in the control group? what is the independent variable? what is the dependent variable?more?

• what should mr.krab conclusion be? why do u think 8 people in group b reported felling better? story start now. 1. patty power Mr.Krabbs want to make bikini bottoms a nicer place to live. he created a new sauce tthat he think will reduce the production of body gas associated with eating crabby patties from the krusty krab. he recruit 100 customers with a history of gas problem. he has 50 of them (group A) eat crabby patties with new sauces. the other 50 (Group B) eat crabby patties with sauces that look just like new sauces but is really just mixture of mayonnaise and food coloring. both groups were told that they were getting the sauces that would reduce gas production. two hours afther eating the crabby patties, 30 coustormer in group A reported having fewer gas problems and 8 custormers in group b reported having fewer gas problems.

• Answer:

  There really isn't a control group. The control group would be people who ate crabby patties without any sauces. But if I had to pick a control group from what was given, it would be group B. Independent variable: Type of sauce Dependent variable: amount of gas