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A farmer wants to test the affects of a pesticide on his peach crop yield, so he sprays an orchard with the
pesticide treatment. A second orchard does not receive the pesticide. In the fall, the number of peaches
harvested from each orchard is counted. Which of the following is the independent (manipulated) variable
in the experiment?