An urban planner examines police-report data for many cities and towns and discovers that cities with professional football team
s tend to have higher numbers of reported small crimes, such as burglary. Which statement best explains the effect of confounding in this relationship?
A.) The football teams are a direct cause of increased small crimes.
B.) In cities without football teams, the small crimes often go unreported.
C.) Cities without football teams most likely have lower rates of reported small crimes.
D.) Cities with football teams tend to be large, which means they have more reported small crimes.
1. no because 2x+10 is not equal to 2x+7 2. no. you cant add una like terms so 4x+4 doesn’t equal 8x 3. yes. the terms still retain their same value although they are not in the same order 4. yes. when u distribute the -3, you get -3x-6 which is of course equal to -3x-6
