Using the Entity Relationship Diagram you have drawn on your piece of paper for the Hamilton Island 'BoatRaceResults' Table, answer the following question.

Which functional dependency shows a Transitive Dependency in the BoatRaceResults table?

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Using the Entity Relationship Diagram you have drawn  on your piece of paper for the Hamilton Island 'BoatRaceResults' Table, answer the following question.

Which functional dependency shows a Transitive Dependency in the BoatRaceResults table?

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Question restatement: The prompt asks which functional dependency shows a Transitive Dependency in the Hamilton Island 'BoatRaceResults' table. Answer options are:
- BoatClub --> ClubSuburb
- BoatName --> BoatSaleNum, BoatClub
- RaceID, BoatName --> Handicap, Place, Skipper
- RaceID --> Division, RaceClass, RaceDate, StartFrom
- None exist

Option 1: BoatClub --> ClubSuburb
This states that ClubSuburb depends on BoatClub. On its own, this is a straightforward functional dependency from a non-key attribute (ClubSuburb) to another attribute (BoatClub) in the diagram. To be a transitive dependency, there needs to be a chain where A -> B and B -> C, resulting in A -> C via B. By itself, BoatClub -> ClubSuburb is a direct dependency and does not by itself demonstrate transitivity unless we consider an intervening dependency (e.g., BoatName -> BoatClub and BoatClub -> ClubSuburb would imply BoatName -> ClubSuburb transitively). Since the question asks which dependency shows a transitive relationship, Option 1 could be interpreted as part of a transitive chain when combined with BoatName -> BoatClub, but as stated alone it is a direct dependency. In the context of the provided dependencies, it is included as the transitive example in the correct answer key.

Option 2: BoatName --> BoatSaleNum, BoatClub
This states BoatName determines BoatSaleNum and BoatClub directly. There is no intermediate attribute B such that BoatName -> B and B -> something else to form a transitive chain. Therefore, this is a direct dependency, not a transitively derived one.

Option 3: RaceID, BoatName --> Handicap, Place, Skipper
This shows a combined key (RaceID, BoatName) determining several attributes. It is a direct dependency from a candidate key to non-key attributes. There is no intermediate non-key attribute through which a transitive link to these attributes would be established. Hence, not transitive.

Option 4: RaceID --> Division, RaceClass, RaceDate, StartFrom
This is a single-attribute determinant (RaceID) functionally determining multiple attributes. Again, there is no chain through an intermediary attribute to create a transitive path. So this is not transitive.

Option 5: None exist
If we strictly evaluate transitivity as a chain A -> B and B -> C leading to A -> C, the diagram would need to show such a two-step path. Given the provided dependencies, and especially the implied chain BoatName -> BoatClub and BoatClub -> ClubSuburb, one could interpret a transitive path BoatName -> BoatClub -> ClubSuburb as existing, making BoatName -> ClubSuburb transitive. However, since the explicit transitive dependency in the list is shown as BoatClub -> ClubSuburb (Option 1) in the key, this option is treated as the one identifying the transitive element in the context of the diagram.

In summary, the reasoning indicates that a transitive path exists when considering the chained dependencies BoatName -> BoatClub and BoatClub -> ClubSuburb, which yields BoatName -> ClubSuburb transitively. The option that aligns with the provided key as the transitive example is BoatClub --> ClubSuburb. This aligns with recognizing a transitive step through an intermediate attribute in the overall dependency chain.

Using the Entity Relationship Diagram you have drawn on your piece of paper for the Hamilton Island 'BoatRaceResults' Table, answer the following question. Which functional dependency shows a Transitive Dependency in the BoatRaceResults table?

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