Section: Logical Reasoning

29) Unlike most graduates of American high schools, all graduates of high schools in Bermuda have completed four years of advanced mathematics.

Which one of the following, if true, would best explain the situation described above?

1. Math anxiety is higher in the United States than in Bermuda.
2. There are far more high schools and high school students in the United States than in Bermuda.
3. More students in America take fulltime jobs without completing high school.
4. Math programs in American high schools are frequently understaffed.
5. High Schools in Bermuda require four years of advanced mathematics for graduation.

Though choices (A),(B),(C), and (D) might contribute to increased study of math in Bermuda, (E) leaves no doubt. High schools in Bermuda require four years of advanced math for graduation; high schools in the United States do not.