Suppose Jasmine smiles a lot, even when she's unhappy. Which fact would guarantee that her smiling and happiness are correlated?
A. Most of the time when she smiles, she's happy
B. The fraction of her smiling time in which she's happy is greater than the fraction of her time in general in which she's happy.
C. Most of the time when she smiles, she's happy and most of the time when she's happy, she smiles
D. Most of the time when she's happy, she smiles
Ans: B. The fraction of her smiling time in which she's happy is greater than the fraction of her time in general in which she's happy.
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