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English, 22.07.2019 05:30, zlyzoh

Read the excerpt from freakonomics. it’s worth thinking about the incentive a wrestler might have to throw a match. maybe he accepts a bribe (which would obviously not be recorded in the data). or perhaps some other arrangement is made between the two wrestlers. keep in mind that the pool of elite sumo wrestlers is extraordinarily tight-knit. each of the sixty-six elite wrestlers fights fifteen of the others in a tournament every two months. furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties. which of the following claims is best supported by the evidence in this excerpt? the offering of a bribe is a guaranteed enticement for a champion sumo wrestler to purposely lose a match in a tournament. the close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesn’t need to win. because sumo wrestlers have strong social ties, it is a dishonor to throw a match in a tournament. there is great pressure for sumo wrestlers to cheat in order to beat wrestlers from rival stables.

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English, 02.08.2019 13:30, rosenthaljaneiah2010
Read this excerpt from levitt and dubner’s freakonomics. the incentive scheme that rules sumo is intricate and extraordinarily powerful. each wrestler maintains a ranking that affects every slice of life; how much money he makes, how large an entourage he carries, how much he gets to eat, sleep, and otherwise take advantage of his success. the sixty-six highest-ranked wrestlers in japan, comprising the makuuchi and juryo divisions, make up the sumo elite. a wrestler near the top of this elite pyramid may earn millions and is treated like royalty. any wrestler in the top forty earns at least $170,000 a year. the seventieth-ranked wrestler in japan, meanwhile, earns only $15,000 a year. life isn’t very sweet outside the elite. low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors, preparing their meals and cleaning their quarters and even soaping up their hardest-to-reach body parts. so ranking is everything. a wrestler’s ranking is based on his performance in the elite tournaments that are held six times a year. each wrestler has fifteen bouts per tournament, one per day over fifteen consecutive days. if he finishes the tournament with a winning record (eight victories or better), his ranking will rise. if he has a losing record, his ranking falls. if it falls far enough, he is booted from the elite rank entirely. the eighth victory in any tournament is therefore critical, the difference between promotion and demotion; it is roughly four times as valuable in the rankings as the typical victory. based on the excerpt, which of the following statements best summarizes the incentive system that ranks sumo wrestlers? the incentive system penalizes elite sumo wrestlers. the incentive system rewards elite sumo wrestlers. the incentive system treats all sumo wrestlers equally. the incentive system treats all sumo wrestlers like royalty.
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