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Zorluk: KolayCause and Effect Reasoning

Read the two statements given below:

Statement I: The municipal transport corporation reduced city bus fares by 30% during peak commute hours.
Statement II: Daily commuter ridership across the city bus network experienced a significant increase over the past month.

Based on the two statements provided, which of the following best describes their logical relationship?

  1. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.Cevap
  2. B
    Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
  3. C
    Both statements I and II are independent causes.
  4. D
    Both statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
  5. E
    Both statements I and II are effects of a common cause.

Cevap

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
The policy decision to lower bus fares (Statement I) directly leads to an increase in public transport adoption and ridership numbers (Statement II). Therefore, Statement I acts as the primary cause and Statement II is its logical effect.

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1
Analyze Statement I
Identified a policy change: a 30% reduction in bus fares.
Lowering price is an action/cause that alters commuter behavior.
2
Analyze Statement II
Identified an outcome: an increase in daily bus ridership.
Higher usage of public transport naturally follows cheaper ticket pricing.
3
Determine Causal Direction
Statement I logically precedes and produces Statement II.
Discounted fares motivate citizens to commute by bus, making Statement I the cause and Statement II its direct effect.

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Direct Cause and Effect Relationship
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