Meagan was promoted to vice-president of a major electronics manufacturer. Two days before the promotion, she had given an excellent speech highlighting her many accomplishments at the company. Which of the following suggests that Meagan's speech was correlated to, but did not cause, her promotion?

A. The duties of the vice-president are nearly identical to the accomplishments described in the speech.

B. She has only been working at the company for a few years and is the youngest executive.

C. The president had selected her for the promotion a few days before she gave the speech.

D. Several of the accomplishments she described in her speech were greatly exaggerated.

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Finley Hinton

14 April, 14:05

Meagan was promoted to vice-president of a major electronics manufacturer. Two days before the promotion, she had given an excellent speech highlighting her many accomplishments at the company. Which of the following suggests that Meagan's speech was correlated to, but did not cause, her promotion?

A. The duties of the vice-president are nearly identical to the accomplishments described in the speech.

B. She has only been working at the company for a few years and is the youngest executive.

C. The president had selected her for the promotion a few days before she gave the speech.

D. Several of the accomplishments she described in her speech were greatly exaggerated.

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Agustin Morgan · Answer 1

The best option from the list would be that " C. The president had selected her for the promotion a few days before she gave the speech," since this shows that the speech did not have a direct effect on her promotion.