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It is a controlled experiment. Take for example if you wanted to see how well a fertilizer helps in making a plant grow. All variables must be controlled except for one - the amount of fertilizer added. So you must have a control. Just stick the same plant in some potting soil with no fertilizer and add the same amount of light, water, temperature, etc as the experimental plant except add fertilizer to the one you are testing. The one that has no fertilizer is the control. You must have one of these to compare the one that you added the fertilizer to so you can see if the fertilizer made any difference. Hope this helps.

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