aquariums--repeated

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aquariums--repeated

by maihuna » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:00 am
In the United States, vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called "pure aquariums" but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which usually include a "zoo aquarium" of relatively modest scope.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?
(A) In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo.
(B) Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few large metropolitan areas have pure aquariums.
(C) Over the last ten years, newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of two to one.
(D) People who visit a zoo in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit a zoo.
(E) The zoo aquariums of zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby.
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by DanaJ » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:04 am
To me, B makes the most sense. If I live somewhere where I already have a zoo, then I'm less likely to visit a zoo when I'm on vacation - since I can do that at home as well. However, if aquariums are more rare, it makes sense for me to visit one in my vacation.

A and D are out because they discuss visitors, but don't tackle the vacationers issue. C is out since the number of newly constructed aquariums has nothing to do with vacationers/visitors issue. E is out because this fact does not help to explain the paradox; it's just out of place here.

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by kris77 » Sun May 15, 2016 3:52 pm
Cannot decide between A and D. Can anyone brake down these two choices for me please