Answer:
The answer is choice C.
Explanation:
In this question, I will use the following format: two d*mbs, a trick, & a true. In this strategy, there are two d*mb answers, one answer made to trick the reader, and one true answer (which is the correct answer).
The two d*mbs of this problem are choices B and D. B simply makes no sense since immigration and migration would increase the amount of cultural and economic activity in Texas if anything. I feel as though D is illogical because it is more likely that immigration and migration would increase the need for public services in rural communities. Due to B and D being the opposite of what is necessary for the answers to be true, they can both be swiftly eliminated.
A is the trick of this question. Although it may seem valid at first, there is a fatal flaw about it: the fact that Texas is within the United States. Texas, despite its size and population, is one singular part of the US. It is impossible for Texas to be the only part of the United States to grow. As a result, the growth rate of Texas can never be the same as the growth rate of the United States.
C is the true in this problem. Immigration and migration contributing to the 38% of Hispanic Texans (as of 2010) is indeed a logical answer that adds up. Additionally, when looking at the official resources that this question is derived from, the text clearly states that <em>'The numbers and percentages of Hispanics in Texas grew greatly between 2000 and 2010. About 2.8 million more Texans identified themselves as Hispanic in 2010 compared to 2000. Hispanics represented 38 percent of all Texans compared to about 32 percent in 2000.' </em>While this information may not seem all that important at a first glance, it actually supports this answer quite a bit. The text clearly provides valid proof of answer choice C; it gives the cause of answer choice C quite plainly and undeniably.
This means that A is the trick, B and D are the d*mbs, and C is the true. Due to the evidence and verification previously stated in my answers, it is quite clear (to me) that the answer is indeed choice C.
<em>In case you're wondering, the words with apostrophes are * d u m b * and * d u m b s * . I get why they censored them, so I simply accommodated and blocked the vowel.
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