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Researchers have discovered that parents who made their children, when they were between the ages of 2 and 10, watch videos of Pete Sampras, the legendary tennis player, had children who grew up to be much better tennis players than children of parents who did not do so. The researchers, thus, concluded that parents who wish to make their children pursue tennis should make their children, when they are between the ages of 2 and 10, watch videos of legendary tennis players.
Which of the following most strengthens the argument?
(A) Pete Sampras was one of the greatest tennis players of all times and even modern tennis greats try to emulate him by watching his videos.
(B) When children, who are between 2 and 10 years of age, watch Pete Sampras play, the neurons in their brains make subconscious connections as a result of which these children are able to apply some of Pete Sampras’ playing style in their own game of tennis at a later stage in life.
(C) Children whose parents made them watch videos of Pete Sampras when these children were more than 10 years of age also saw a marked improvement in their children’s ability to play tennis.
(D) Parents who made their children, when they were between 2 and 10 years of age, watch videos of other legendary tennis players also reported that their children developed into excellent tennis players.
(E) Some children whose parents did not expose them to videos of any tennis players also developed into excellent tennis players later in life.
Research shows that when kids watched videos of Pete Sampras, they became much better tennis players than children of parents who did not do so.
Conclusion: To make children great at tennis, show them videos of legendary tennis players.
We need to strengthen the conclusion that showing videos of legendary tennis players will make kids great at tennis. The research only supports seeing Pete Sampras' matches.
Option (D) tells us that watching matches of other legendary tennis players is also beneficial. This strengthens the conclusion that watching matches of legendary tennis players will make kids good at tennis.
(B) When children, who are between 2 and 10 years of age, watch Pete Sampras play, the neurons in their brains make subconscious connections as a result of which these children are able to apply some of Pete Sampras’ playing style in their own game of tennis at a later stage in life.
Option (B) tells us why children who watch matches of Pete Sampras are able to do better. But that does not mean that the same thing will happen when kids watch matches of other legendary players too.
Then does this help our conclusion that to make children great at tennis, show them videos of legendary tennis players? No. It just explains why researchers observe that kids who watch Pete Sampras' matches do well in tennis. Does the same thing happen with other legendary players too? We are not given.
Answer (D)