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Here's your shmoop du jour, brought to you by ballpark franks!

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Not you Bob, not you Steve! Just Frank.

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Figure 1 supports the idea that: what?

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And here are the potential answers:

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This question is asking us about Figure 1. Let's look through the statements to find the right idea.

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Answer A. An MLB star can make more than 4 million bucks

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Well, although the salaries plotted on the graph never reach $4,000,000, keep

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in mind that the graph is showing AVERAGE salaries.

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So this is definitely supported by Figure 1.

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Just to be sure, let's check the other statements. Answer B says the exact opposite of A.

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so it's not supported. Statement C: an MLB player makes less today than 30 years ago.

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Just by looking at the graph, we can see that the average salary has significantly increased,

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so this isn't supported either. Answer D says that 1995 was the best year for salaries.

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But again, the average salaries have SIGNIFICANTLY increased overtime, so

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1995 isn't the best year. The answer is A.

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