Why doesn't the existence of a correlation always indicate a cause and effect relationship?

The distribution of the amount of money spent by students for textbooks in a semester is approximately normal in shape with a mean of $235 and a standard deviation of $20. according to the standard deviation rule, how much did almost all (99.7%) of the students spend on textbooks in a semester?

Reinel saves 30% of every pay check. his paycheck last week was 560$. how much did reniel save last week?

(10. in the figure, a aabc is drawn tocircumscribe a circle of radius 3 cm ,such thatthe segments bd and dc are respectively oflength 6 cm and 9 cm. find the length ofsides ab and ac.