Eddie experimented to find out which freezes at a lower temperature, distilled water or salt water. The steps he used in his experiment are shown below.

1Fill one beaker with 250 mL of room-temperature distilled water

2Fill another beaker with 250 mL of room-temperature salt water

3Measure the mass of the liquid in both beakers

4Place both beakers in a freezer

Observe the temperature at which the liquids freeze

Which of the steps in Eddie's experiment was NOT needed?
A.4
B.2
C.3
D.1