Directions: The question below is given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or maybe the effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of the statements may be the effect of the other statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Statements:
I. News Channel C launched a sting operation against Company N which manufactures Food X. After the sting, the channel realized that Food X was adulterated. So, they sent it for testing to a lab. The test results showed that Food X had an unacceptable amount of lead in it. News Channel C ran a story on the same.
II. After a month since the news channel ran the story, the CEO of Company N asked for a report on the sales of their product from the management accountant of the company. The report showed that the sales for Food X had gone down by 20,000,000 units.
Statement I is the cause and statement II is the effect.
Statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect.
Both statements are independent causes.
Both the statements are effects of independent causes.
Both the statements are effects of some common cause.