A Reporter Studied the Causes of a Fire to a House,and

Multiple Choice

A reporter studied the causes of a fire to a house,and established a strong positive association between the damages $$\text { (in dollars) }$$ and the number of firefighters at the scene.Describe three different possible cause-and-effect relationships that might be present.

A) Perhaps the damages cause more firefighters at the scene,firefighters cause more damages at the scene,or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the type of the building.
B) There is only one cause-and-effect relationship: firefighters cause more damages at the scene.
C) There are only two cause-and-effect relationships: damages cause more firefighters at the scene,or firefighters cause more damages at the scene.
D) There is only one cause-and-effect relationship: the damages cause more firefighters at the scene.
E) Perhaps the damages cause more firefighters at the scene,firefighters cause more damages at the scene ,or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the size of the blaze.