a group of researchers wanted to determone if people will eat more food in a room with red paint and red decorations than in a room that is decorated blue. Half the participants in the study ate in a red room and half ate in a blue room. the researchers then measured how much food was consumed in each of the two rooms. in this study the independent variable was a the type of food that was available during the study b the amount of food that was consumed c the color of decorations in the room d how hungry the participants were at the end of the study