read the excerpt from freakonomics.\n\nits worth thinking about the incentive a wrestler might have to throw…

read the excerpt from freakonomics.\n\nits worth thinking about the incentive a wrestler might have to throw a match. maybe he accepts a bribe (which would obviously not be recorded in the data). or perhaps some other arrangement is made between the two wrestlers. keep in mind that the pool of elite sumo wrestlers is extraordinarily tight - knit. each of the sixty - six elite wrestlers fights fifteen of the others in a tournament every two months. furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties.\n\nwhich of the following claims is best supported by the evidence in this excerpt?\n\nthe offering of a bribe is a guaranteed enticement for a champion sumo wrestler to purposely lose a match in a tournament.\nthe close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesnt need to win.\nbecause sumo wrestlers have strong social ties, it is a dishonor to throw a match in a tournament.\nthere is great pressure for sumo wrestlers to cheat in order to beat wrestlers from rival stables.

read the excerpt from freakonomics.\n\nits worth thinking about the incentive a wrestler might have to throw a match. maybe he accepts a bribe (which would obviously not be recorded in the data). or perhaps some other arrangement is made between the two wrestlers. keep in mind that the pool of elite sumo wrestlers is extraordinarily tight - knit. each of the sixty - six elite wrestlers fights fifteen of the others in a tournament every two months. furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties.\n\nwhich of the following claims is best supported by the evidence in this excerpt?\n\nthe offering of a bribe is a guaranteed enticement for a champion sumo wrestler to purposely lose a match in a tournament.\nthe close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesnt need to win.\nbecause sumo wrestlers have strong social ties, it is a dishonor to throw a match in a tournament.\nthere is great pressure for sumo wrestlers to cheat in order to beat wrestlers from rival stables.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

  1. Analyze Option 1: The excerpt says a bribe "might" be an incentive, not that it's "guaranteed", so this is incorrect.
  2. Analyze Option 2: The excerpt notes the tight - knit pool of wrestlers, close ties between stables, and mentions incentives to throw a match. This option connects the close relationships to being an incentive to throw a match, which matches the excerpt's evidence.
  3. Analyze Option 3: The excerpt focuses on incentives to throw matches, not on it being a dishonor. So this option is not supported.
  4. Analyze Option 4: The excerpt says rival stables have close ties, not that there's pressure to cheat against rival stables. So this is incorrect.

Answer:

B. The close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesn't need to win.