Sarah described the following situation:

When fertilizer was added to one plant and nothing was added to another plant, there was a noticeable difference in the color of the leaves of the plants.

Which of the following best describes the situation?

A. This is an example of correlation but not causation.

B. This is an example of causation but not correlation.

C. This is an example of both correlation and causation.

D. This is an example of neither correlation nor causation.

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Madilynn Bentley

Mathematics

4 December, 01:12

Sarah described the following situation:

When fertilizer was added to one plant and nothing was added to another plant, there was a noticeable difference in the color of the leaves of the plants.

Which of the following best describes the situation?

A. This is an example of correlation but not causation.

B. This is an example of causation but not correlation.

C. This is an example of both correlation and causation.

D. This is an example of neither correlation nor causation.

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Karma Mills · Answer 1

I am pretty sure that the right answer on the question is the third option from the scale C. This is an example of both correlation and causation. Because there is a clear evidence that shows the result of changes that is typical for causation. And what about correlation - there is mix of two different variables that indicates this term.