Editorial: Although Nation X has been gaining in population, the number of annual visitors to its national parks has steadily declined over the past twenty years. Some commentators have attributed this trend to people’s growing absorption in television and video games. But this explanation is implausible. The number of visitors to national parks rose during earlier decades even as the popularity of television and video games grew rapidly.

The main point of the editorial’s argument is that in Nation X,

A. some commentators have attributed the decline in visitors to national parks to people’s growing absorption in television and video games

B. the number of annual visitors to national parks has steadily declined over the past twenty years even though the national population has grown

C. people’s growing absorption in television and video games does not plausibly explain the decline in visitors to national parks over the past twenty years

D. the number of visitors to national parks rose during earlier decades even as the popularity of television and video games grew rapidly

E. many people who have been increasingly absorbed in television and video games have nonetheless continued to visit national parks
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