Read the excerpt from Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics.
The incentive scheme that rules sumo is intricate and extraordinarily powerful. Each wrestler maintains a ranking that affects every slice of his 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.
Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the high-ranking sumo wrestlers enjoy many luxuries?
The incentive scheme that rules sumo is intricate and extraordinarily powerful.
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.
The seventieth-ranked wrestler in Japan, meanwhile, earns only $15,000 a year
Answer:
A wrestler near the top of this elite pyramid may earn millions and is treated like royalty.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics, the life of a sumo wrestler is analysed and it is observed that only the elites enjoy true luxury as they get paid way higher than others and the other sumo in lower ranks must be subservient to the elites.
Therefore, the sentence from the excerpt that best supports the idea that the high-ranking sumo wrestlers enjoy many luxuries is a wrestler near the top of this elite pyramid may earn millions and is treated like royalty.
