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The residents of a seaside town have noticed that on days when the local ice cream parlor is busy, a lot of people go swimming in the ocean. They wonder whether going swimming causes people to crave ice cream or whether eating ice cream makes people want to go swimming. Which alternative is correct? Or does a hidden variable cause both phenomena? Explain your answer.

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Answer:a hidden variable causes both phenomena

Step-by-step explanation: see, swimming doesn'tmakes one craves ice cream or vice versa, there must be something else, perhaps thehit weather

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