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Read the two statements and decide how they are related. Statement I: Many households in a coastal town have installed rooftop rainwater harvesting tanks this year. Statement II: The town's main fish market has recorded lower sales this year.

Competition practiceLogical / Critical
  • AStatement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect
  • BBoth statements are effects of independent causes
  • CStatement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect
  • DBoth statements are effects of a common cause

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Storing rainwater on rooftops has no bearing on how much fish the town buys, and weak fish sales give nobody a reason to install a tank. No single circumstance plausibly produces both, so the two are outcomes of unrelated causes.
Answer: B) Both statements are effects of independent causes

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