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Complete Question Explanation
Cannot Be True. The correct answer choice is (B)
In this stimulus we are told of the effects of sugared drinks on athletes. Their sweetness makes athletes more likely to drink them, avoiding dehydration, and in small doses sugar can enhance the hydration and forestall fatigue by maintaining glucose levels. While there are these benefits, there are potential hazards as well: large amounts of sugared beverages can draw water from the stomach, worsening dehydration.
The question stem tells us that all of the answer choices could be true except for one. Thus, among the answer choices we will see four wrong answers all of which are possible given the facts of the stimulus, and the one correct answer, which cannot be true.
Answer choice (A): The stimulus certainly allows for this possibility; glucose is the only sugar discussed, but there could be others.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. It cannot be true that fatigue-fighting substances always worsen dehydration, because small amounts of sugar both fight fatigue and enhance hydration.
Answer choice (C): We are told that athletes like sugared beverages, but once they are dehydrated, as this choice specifies, their tastes could quickly change.
Answer choice (D): Fatigue and dehydration are distinct physiological problems, and they could have distinct factors lead to their respective exacerbations.
Answer choice (E): The stimulus discusses the effects of sugared beverages, but this still allows for the primary factor to be blood-water level.
Cannot Be True. The correct answer choice is (B)
In this stimulus we are told of the effects of sugared drinks on athletes. Their sweetness makes athletes more likely to drink them, avoiding dehydration, and in small doses sugar can enhance the hydration and forestall fatigue by maintaining glucose levels. While there are these benefits, there are potential hazards as well: large amounts of sugared beverages can draw water from the stomach, worsening dehydration.
The question stem tells us that all of the answer choices could be true except for one. Thus, among the answer choices we will see four wrong answers all of which are possible given the facts of the stimulus, and the one correct answer, which cannot be true.
Answer choice (A): The stimulus certainly allows for this possibility; glucose is the only sugar discussed, but there could be others.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. It cannot be true that fatigue-fighting substances always worsen dehydration, because small amounts of sugar both fight fatigue and enhance hydration.
Answer choice (C): We are told that athletes like sugared beverages, but once they are dehydrated, as this choice specifies, their tastes could quickly change.
Answer choice (D): Fatigue and dehydration are distinct physiological problems, and they could have distinct factors lead to their respective exacerbations.
Answer choice (E): The stimulus discusses the effects of sugared beverages, but this still allows for the primary factor to be blood-water level.
