Mendel used over 28,000 pea plants in his experiment. How does this large sample size make his results more reliable?
A. He used more plants so the experiment wouldn't take as long.
B. Most of the plants were unable to reproduce, so he needed many
of them.
C. It made his actual results approach the results predicted by
probability.
D. He was not sure which of the plants were female and which were
male.
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