An economist tracked retail sales (in 42; Toy stores, 215; Specialty foods, $95. She concluded that the holiday season is dominated by certain categories rather than evenly distributed. To support this, she cited ______
Which choice most logically completes the text using the data above?
- Acheck_circle
Electronics' $215 million—roughly 5x bookstores and over twice the next largest category.
- B
the bookstores' $42 million.
- C
specialty foods' $95 million.
- D
the average across categories.
Explanation
"Dominated by certain categories" requires showing one category looms much larger than others. Choice B does this by comparing electronics' total to multiple other categories, supporting the dominance claim.