A reporter studied the causes of a fire to a house,and established a strong positive association between the damages (in dollars)and the number of firefighters at the scene.Describe three different possible cause-and-effect relationships that might be present.
A)Perhaps the damages cause more firefighters at the scene,firefighters cause more damages at the scene ,or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the type of the building.
B)There is only one cause-and-effect relationship: firefighters cause more damages at the scene.
C)There are only two cause-and-effect relationships: damages cause more firefighters at the scene,or firefighters cause more damages at the scene.
D)There is only one cause-and-effect relationship: the damages cause more firefighters at the scene.
E)Perhaps the damages cause more firefighters at the scene,firefighters cause more damages at the scene ,or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the size of the blaze.

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It is possible that damages cause more firefighters at the scene, firefighters cause more damages at the scene, or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the size of the blaze. Therefore, option E provides the most comprehensive and accurate explanation of the potential cause-and-effect relationships.

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