Over the past decade, there has been a strong positive correlation between teacher salaries and prescription drug costs.

(a)Do you think paying teachers more causes prescription drugs to cost more? Explain your answer.

No. A strong correlation does not imply causation.

Yes. A strong correlation implies causation.

No. A strong correlation implies causation.

Yes. A strong correlation does not imply causation.

(b)What lurking variables might be causing the increase in one or both of the variables? Explain your answer. (Enter your free-form answer using as many characters as necessary.)

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