Marty created a design idea for observing how a shadow changes throughout the year. For his design, he needed an object that did not move, so he used the school's flagpole. He measured the flagpole's shadow on the first day of each month at exactly 9:00 a.m. Marty's data is shown in the table.

Month Length of Shadow
(in feet)
August 23
September 24
October 25
November 26
December 27

What is the pattern in the data Marty collected?
A.
The flagpole's shadow changed color each month.
B.
The flagpole's shadow got longer each month as autumn turned to winter.
C.
The flagpole's shadow was longer in the summer than in the winter.
D.
The flagpole's shadow got wider each month.