Currently, people in the United States eat, on the average, 1,431 pounds of food
per year, 35 pounds more than in 1980. This increase is, at least in part, because
people between the ages of 15 and 64 have accounted for an increasing share of
the population.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage above?
(A) More than half of the current population of the United States is between the
ages of 15 and 64.
(B) The population has risen since 1980.
(C) Children below the age of 15 require, on the average, more food than do
people over the age of 64.
(D) Before 1980 children below the age of 15 outnumbered people between the
ages of 15 and 64.
(E) Individuals between the ages of 15 and 64 consume, on the average, more
food than do those younger or older.
OA is E
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per year, 35 pounds more than in 1980. This increase is, at least in part, because
people between the ages of 15 and 64 have accounted for an increasing share of
the population.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage above?
(A) More than half of the current population of the United States is between the
ages of 15 and 64.
(B) The population has risen since 1980.
(C) Children below the age of 15 require, on the average, more food than do
people over the age of 64.
(D) Before 1980 children below the age of 15 outnumbered people between the
ages of 15 and 64.
(E) Individuals between the ages of 15 and 64 consume, on the average, more
food than do those younger or older.
OA is E
What is the logical approach to knowing the best option here? I implore the analysis of an Expert. Thanks in anticipation
