Researchers took a group of teenagers who had never smoked and for one year tracked whether they took up smoking and how their mental health changed. those who began smoking within a month of the study's start were four times as likely to be depressed at the study's end than those who did not begin smoking. since nicotine in cigarettes changes brain chemistry, perhaps thereby affecting mood, it is likely that smoking contributes to depression in teenagers. which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? (a) participants who were depressed at the study's start were no more likely to be smokers at the study's end than those who were not depressed.(b) participants who began smoking within a month of the study's start were no more likely than those who began midway through to have quit smoking by the study's end.(c) few, if any, of the participants in the study were friends or relatives of other participants.(d) some participants entered and emerged from a period of depression within the year of the study.(e) the researchers did not track use of alcohol by the teenagers.

Awife was having an affair with her neighbor. the wife and her husband had a prenuptial agreement that prevented the wife from receiving any of the husband’s sizable fortune in the event of a divorce. the wife and her neighbor formed a plan to murder the husband and run away together with the wife’s inheritance. the neighbor shot the husband one evening, killing him instantly, then drove to a town 100 miles away and checked into a motel. later that night, the police showed up at the motel with a valid warrant for the neighbor’s arrest. after the neighbor was arrested and placed in a police car, the police asked the motel clerk for permission to search the room, and the clerk granted the request. the police found the gun hidden in the tank of the toilet. the wife and the neighbor were each charged with first-degree murder and tried separately. at her trial, the wife sought to suppress any evidence of the gun, arguing that it was seized illegally. what is the prosecution’s strongest response to this argument? athe motel clerk gave the police permission to search the room. bthe wife was not staying in the motel room where the gun was found. cthe gun was found in a search incident to a lawful arrest. dthe neighbor did not have a reason

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