In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen after that sentence. Is any of them directly caused by it, or is made possible by it? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible. Do not change the main selected sentence in your answer.

story: Rita genuinely believed that there were forty-nine states in the USA. Her friends tried their hardest to talk some sense into her. Rita kept denying that Hawaii was a state. She insisted that it was a city. Her friends dropped it after a while, but it's still unbelievable.
 selected sentence: Rita kept denying that Hawaii was a state.
Rita denies that Hawaii is a state >Causes/Enables> Her friends give up on her