Average eating in the United States

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Average eating in the United States

by S0laris » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:41 am
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.
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by PAB2706 » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:01 pm
IMO E

the increase in food consumption is mainly bcos of the ppl btwn 15-64 years of age. thus we can say tht maybe it is bcos ppl in this age group eat more food.

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by dendude » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:55 pm
Agree on E.
By inferring as little as possible, E is the choice that remains.

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by S0laris » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:00 am
OA - E
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by vanessa.m » Sat May 14, 2016 2:34 am
My intuition whispers that it is E.