For each of the following statements select Would help explain if it

A) Would help explain, since Brazil > Russia in terms of the % of people going to both the museums
B)Would help explain, since per the data we can see that the per capital
history museums are least for Russia
C) Would not help explain, China is the exception where science is valued but history museum count in not in top 3

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First question : Would explain. Because a larger proportion of the Brazilian population lives within close proximity to at least 1 museum than that of the Russian population, it explains why a larger % of the Brazilian population went to the public library (25%) than that of the Russian population (15%).

Second question : Would explain. Because Russia has the fewest natural history museums per capita, it explains why Russia has the lowest % of its population that went to a Natural History Museum amongst all the countries.

Third : Wouldn't explain. Here, I have a different explanation from that of Apt0810. I think here the information would not explain anything because we don't know anything about the money invested. When the information says : "the three that spend the most money to promote their natural history museums", how do we know what are these countries? This report is about the "percentage of the population visiting cultural institutions", nothing is said about invested money. That is the reasoning I used to answer this question, but if I'm completely off track please let me know !

I don't understand the answer to number two. One must make a huge assumption about the population of Russia based on the number of visitors their natural history museums receive. What if, for one reason or another, the people of Russia don't have an interest in natural history? There could be an abundance of museums, but they aren't visited often. The number of people visiting a certain institution says very little about the total number of people in a country. In IR, we are never supposed to make assumptions; our answers are supposed to be based strictly on the information presented in the charts. Why is it that this question requires us to make an assumption?

I have the same question... Sweeping Assumptions are required to answer these questions correctly.

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