Read the following paragraph from “A Tremendous Trade”:
It might not seem fair, but in every profession, workers earn whatever people are willing to pay them. Baseball is no exception. Teams compete to offer as much money as they can to players who are among the league’s best, like Rodriguez. Because baseball is such a popular sport, watched by ticket-buying fans at stadiums and on television by millions, a team can earn many millions of dollars each season. Teams use much of their earnings to pay their stars’ salaries because the best players attract the most fans to games. For example, soon after the Yankees announced that A-Rod would be coming to town, the team sold $2 million worth of tickets.
The main idea of this paragraph: Workers in all professions, including baseball, earn what people are willing pay them. Which of the following does the writer use to support this main idea?
A. the Yankees are one of the best teams in baseball.
B. Teams pay a lot for good baseball players so that fans will attend games.
C. the Yankees sold $2 million worth of tickets when the Yankees announced A-Rod as a player.
D. A-Rod is one of the best players in the league.
D
nope.
There is still a better answer, as the main idea is greater then A-Rod.
B, because fans will pay for tickets to attend good games?
To determine which option the writer uses to support the main idea, we need to analyze the information provided in the paragraph. The paragraph states that workers in every profession, including baseball, earn whatever people are willing to pay them. It further explains that teams in baseball compete to offer as much money as they can to the best players because these players attract more fans to the games.
Option A, which states that the Yankees are one of the best teams in baseball, does not directly support the main idea mentioned in the paragraph.
Option B, however, directly supports the main idea. It states that teams pay a lot for good baseball players so that fans will attend games. This aligns with the information in the paragraph that teams use much of their earnings to pay their star players' salaries because the best players attract the most fans to games.
Option C also supports the main idea. It mentions that the Yankees sold $2 million worth of tickets when they announced A-Rod as a player. This indicates that fans were willing to pay a significant amount of money to see A-Rod play, further supporting the idea that workers in baseball, like A-Rod, earn what people are willing to pay them.
Option D, which states that A-Rod is one of the best players in the league, is not directly supported by the paragraph and does not directly support the main idea.
Therefore, the correct option that the writer uses to support the main idea is B. Teams pay a lot for good baseball players so that fans will attend games.