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I: The co-founders of Instagram have announced that they are quitting the social media company. II: Instagram has largely escaped Facebook's high-profile problems with privacy, foreign election interference, and fake news, and has been able to maintain a younger user base than its parent company. Choose the correct option: A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect. B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect. C) If both the statements I and II are independent causes. D) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

1. If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
2. If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
3. If both the statements I and II are independent causes.
4. If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

Correct answer: If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

Solution

Statement I is about the co-founders quitting Instagram, while statement II is about Instagram’s relative insulation from Facebook’s problems. These are unrelated developments, so both are effects of independent causes.

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