A mother notices that all of her young children have come back from the park

soaking wet. She looks outside and notices that it is raining lightly. She

concludes that her children must have gotten wet because of the rain. Which

of the following, if true, would suggest that the rain and her children's wet

clothes are correlated, but do not have a causal relationship?

A. The children often have water balloon fights with friends at the

park

B. The children hate getting their clothes wet and avoid playing in the

rain

C. The children were playing at a park that stays open in all types of

weather.

D. The children did not bring rain jackets or boots to the park with

them.

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Rebecca Phillips

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18 September, 08:59

A mother notices that all of her young children have come back from the park

soaking wet. She looks outside and notices that it is raining lightly. She

concludes that her children must have gotten wet because of the rain. Which

of the following, if true, would suggest that the rain and her children's wet

clothes are correlated, but do not have a causal relationship?

A. The children often have water balloon fights with friends at the

park

B. The children hate getting their clothes wet and avoid playing in the

rain

C. The children were playing at a park that stays open in all types of

weather.

D. The children did not bring rain jackets or boots to the park with

them.

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Answers (2)

Know the Answer?

Andrade · Answer 1

C The children were playing at a park that stays open in all types of weather.

Explanation:

There is no direct relationship between the children and the rain, but there is a reason as to why the children are wet. That states the rain made them wet.

Madilynn Thornton · Answer 2

I would say D

Explanation:

because there clothes were wet and they probably didn't know it was going to rain that day.