Sarah describes the following situation: When fertilizer was added to one plant and nothing was added to the other 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 an example of correlation, because the fertilizer causes the plant to change color
(b)this is an example of causation, because the aplication of fertilizer caused the plant to improve its leaf color
(c)this is an example of correlation, because one plant is being fertilized and the other is not
(d)this is an example of causation, because the leaves on both plants change color
For this problem you are given the vertical and horizontal sides of the triangle. The flagpole (6.5 meters) is the up-and-down triangle side and the distance from the hook to the flagpole is the base (5.2 meters) of the triangle.
