SAT OwlThe town of Millbrook opened a new public library in 2015. In the year after it opened, the number of library cards issued in the town doubled, and attendance at the library's children's story hours tripled. These results suggest that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
the old library had offered no programs for children.
most residents of Millbrook stopped buying books.
the new library drew more residents to use library services.
Millbrook's population doubled in 2015.
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Answer: C
After the new library opened, more people got library cards and more children attended story hours. The simplest conclusion is that the new library attracted more people to use its services, choice C.
Choice D treats the doubling of library cards as a doubling of the population, which the text does not support.
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