Jennifer counts the number of students that purchase lunch from the student union on Monday. Which measurement scale is "the number of students that purchase lunch"?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio

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The number of students that purchase lunch is a count that can be measured on a ratio scale because it has a true zero point (indicating no students purchased lunch) and the differences between numbers are meaningful.

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