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Resolve the Paradox. The correct answer choice is (C)
The apparent paradox in this stimulus is that although the level of unmetabolized sugar in the blood rises following the consumption of sugar, people who consume large amounts of sugar tend to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood. This situation is surprising, because you would have thought these sugar consumers would have above-average levels of sugar in their blood, whether or not you know the difference between sugar that has been metabolized and unmetabolized sugar. Since this is a surprising difference, your prephrase is that the correct answer will explain what makes these people, or the rate at which they metabolize sugar, different.
Answer choice (A): This choice is incorrect because it deals with a group that is not necessarily relevant to the apparent paradox. While you may generally associate the consumption of large amounts of sugar with obesity, nothing in this stimulus refers to the people being overweight.
Answer choice (B): This choice does nothing to clear up the paradox, because the source of the sugar is not at issue. This information would affect those who consume large amounts of sugar in the same way as those who do not. Remember that in a Paradox question, information that tells you a way in which two groups are the same will do nothing to explain the surprising difference between them.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. This choice helps to resolve the paradox by explaining that when a person consumes large amounts of sugar their body changes, and begins to secrete abnormally high amounts of insulin, a sugar-metabolizing enzyme. This makes their bodies different from the norm in a way that causes the surprising difference in the stimulus to occur.
Answer choice (D): This choice does not help to resolve the paradox, because it does not explain what causes people who consume large amounts of sugar to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood. Even if they eventually fail to produce enough insulin, you would still be left with the mystery of why their unmetabolized sugar levels are so low.
Answer choice (E): While this choice explains why consuming sugar can increase the level of unmetabolized sugar in the blood, it does not help explain why people who consume large amounts of sugar have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood.
Resolve the Paradox. The correct answer choice is (C)
The apparent paradox in this stimulus is that although the level of unmetabolized sugar in the blood rises following the consumption of sugar, people who consume large amounts of sugar tend to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood. This situation is surprising, because you would have thought these sugar consumers would have above-average levels of sugar in their blood, whether or not you know the difference between sugar that has been metabolized and unmetabolized sugar. Since this is a surprising difference, your prephrase is that the correct answer will explain what makes these people, or the rate at which they metabolize sugar, different.
Answer choice (A): This choice is incorrect because it deals with a group that is not necessarily relevant to the apparent paradox. While you may generally associate the consumption of large amounts of sugar with obesity, nothing in this stimulus refers to the people being overweight.
Answer choice (B): This choice does nothing to clear up the paradox, because the source of the sugar is not at issue. This information would affect those who consume large amounts of sugar in the same way as those who do not. Remember that in a Paradox question, information that tells you a way in which two groups are the same will do nothing to explain the surprising difference between them.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. This choice helps to resolve the paradox by explaining that when a person consumes large amounts of sugar their body changes, and begins to secrete abnormally high amounts of insulin, a sugar-metabolizing enzyme. This makes their bodies different from the norm in a way that causes the surprising difference in the stimulus to occur.
Answer choice (D): This choice does not help to resolve the paradox, because it does not explain what causes people who consume large amounts of sugar to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood. Even if they eventually fail to produce enough insulin, you would still be left with the mystery of why their unmetabolized sugar levels are so low.
Answer choice (E): While this choice explains why consuming sugar can increase the level of unmetabolized sugar in the blood, it does not help explain why people who consume large amounts of sugar have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood.