Book collector: The demand for out-of-print books is increasing. It has been spurred by the rise of the Internet, the search capabilities of which make it much easier to locate the out-of-print books one seeks.
The book collector's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?The passage says demand for out-of-print books has increased because the Internet makes such books easier to find.
So the supported idea is that demand is affected by how easy it is to locate
out-of-print books.
(A) Book collectors are now using the Internet to find book titles that they previously did not know existed.
Wrong. The passage says the Internet helps people locate books they seek, not discover unknown titles.
(B) Fewer people try to find books that are in print than try to find books that are out of print.
Wrong. The passage gives no comparison between demand for in-print and out-of-print books.
(C) The amount of demand for out-of-print books is affected by the ease of finding such books.
Correct. The passage says demand has increased because the Internet has made out-of-print books easier to locate. That directly supports this statement.
(D) The Internet's search capabilities make it possible to locate most out-of-print books.
Wrong. The passage says the Internet makes such books much easier to locate, not that most can be found.
(E) Only people who have access to the Internet can locate out-of-print books.
Wrong. Too strong. The passage does not say the Internet is the only way to find out-of-print books.
Answer: (C)