Answer:
A
Explanation:
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Answer: 3. The more years spent smoking, the less optimistic for success
Explanation:
Two variables having a negative relationship means that they have an inverse correlation: if one of the variables decreases, the other one rises, if one variable rises, the other one decreases.
In this example, those who have spent more years smoking (a variable that rises), are less optimistic about the success of treatment (the variable that decreases).
The phrase was borrowed into English in the 1500s by people who made a formal study of logic. For them it meant a conclusion that does not follow from the statements that lead to it. But we now use non sequitur for any kind of statement that seems to come out of the blue