Many people believe that soccer players are the most well-known

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Many people believe that soccer players are the most well-known athletes on the planet, citing the fact that professional soccer is televised in more countries than any other sport. This belief is misplaced, however: according to a name recognition survey, Fabricio, the star of professional soccer's AC Camarillo, is less recognized than the best players on 20 different professional basketball teams.

Which of the following most strengthens the conclusion drawn above?

(A) AC Camarillo has won its league's championship the past three consecutive seasons.

(B) Fabricio is less well-known than the stars of several other professional soccer teams.

(C) The most well-known basketball players are not always the best players on their teams.

(D) Fabricio is the most well-known soccer player in the world.

(E) No professional basketball players are also professional soccer players.

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m7runner · Answer

Since we need to strengthen the conclusion, we need to for an option that suggests that despite a football (or soccer 🙄) player’s popularity, he/she is not as well known as basketball players.

Options C and E are irrelevant since they do not help us understand the popularity of soccer players are compared to that of basketball players. Similarly, options A and B don’t really help ascertain the popularity of football players with that of basketball players.

Option D helps since this is a superlative suggesting Fabricio is the one of the most well known football players in the world and as argument suggests is less well known when compared to basketball players. Hence option D is the correct answer IMO.

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mbaaccount1234 · Answer

Going with D

We need to strenghen the belief that soccer players arent the most well-known athletes on the planet. The reasoning that the author uses is the fact that Fabricio is less-known that 20 basketball players. So, we need something that helps us believe more in the conclusion that this belief is wrong.

D tells us that Fabricio is the most well know player in soccer, so, the most well known player in soccer (that people assume is the sport that make athletes the most well know in the planet) is less known that other players... This helps us believe more in the fact that soccer players arent the most well-known players in the world...

Bismuth83 · Answer

1. The text tell us that  "many people believe that soccer players are the most well-known athletes on the planet" . Then, they argue that  "this belief is misplaced"  because  "according to a name recognition survey, Fabricio, the star of professional soccer's AC Camarillo, is less recognized than the best players on 20 different professional basketball teams" . Now we need  a statement that most strengthens the conclusion .

2.  AC Camarillo has won its league's championship the past three consecutive seasons.  This might help, however, we can't infer immediately that Fabricio is well-known because of those accomplishments.   So, this statement doesn't work.

3.  Fabricio is less well-known than the stars of several other professional soccer teams.  We need to somehow show that Fabricio is quite well-known but is still less known than the basketball players and this statement doesn't help.   So, this statement doesn't work.

4.  The most well-known basketball players are not always the best players on their teams.  Here, it's an irrelevant statement.   So, this statement doesn't work.

5.  Fabricio is the most well-known soccer player in the world.  This would strengthen the conclusion most since it shows that even though Fabricio is very well-known, he is still less-known than the basketball players.   So, this statement most strengthens the conclusion.

6.  No professional basketball players are also professional soccer players.  This is irrelevant to want we want to show.   So, this statement doesn't work.

prantorboni · Answer

Many people believe that soccer players are the most well-known athletes on the planet, citing the fact that professional soccer is televised in more countries than any other sport. This belief is misplaced, however: according to a name recognition survey, Fabricio, the star of professional soccer's AC Camarillo, is less recognized than the best players on 20 different professional basketball teams.

Presumption: We need to find a statement that states, although, Fabricio is well known as soccer player yet  less recognized than  any other professional.  Now, consider option, (D) Fabricio is the most well-known soccer player in the world which aligns with our presumption.

Answer: D.

Bunuel · Answer

VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

If you look for the logical flaw in the argument of this Strengthen question, you should see that it is one of generalization. Based on exactly one data point - a particular soccer star is less famous than 20 different basketball players - the argument draws the general conclusion that soccer players are not the most well-known athletes in the world. But Fabricio is only one player: if this were a Strengthen question you would want to show that he is an outlier on the less-famous side (meaning that most players are far more famous than he is, so this one data point is less relevant). But since this is a Weaken question, you want to show that Fabricio is one of the most famous soccer players, so that all other players are even less famous.

Choice D does exactly that, and is therefore correct: if Fabricio is the most famous soccer player, and he's less famous than 20 basketball players, then the conclusion that soccer players are not the most famous athletes is a lot more likely - Fabricio isn't the one not-famous outlier while all the others are very famous. D is correct.

Among the other answer choices: choice A doesn't link Fabricio or AC Camarillo to being well-known. If AC Camarillo is a champion in a lesser-known league, then Fabricio isn't necessarily a particularly well-known player; if the team is the champion of an extremely popular league, then it's more likely that he's among the most well-known (but you still don't know for sure).

Choice B weakens the argument by going the opposite direction of D and saying that Fabricio isn't among the most famous players in the world. Choice C would slightly strengthen the argument if it were specific to the 20 players more famous than Fabricio, as then there would be even more basketball players who are more famous than Fabricio. But since it's a generic "the most famous players are not always the best on their teams" it doesn't add any more players more famous than Fabricio and therefore has no direct bearing on the argument. And choice E is similarly generic and therefore doesn't add any new data to further the argument (if it were that the most famous basketball players ARE also soccer players then it would have a direct bearing, but as written it does not).

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