Tooten County is populated by a significantly lower percentage of young families than the typical county in the nation. Yet, per capita retail sales of children's bicycles are above the national average.

Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the seeming paradox described above?

A. The two leading retailers of children's bicycles in Tooten County spend a remarkable 50% of their marketing budget on attracting residents of neighboring counties.
B. A local manufacturer of children's bicycles has just announced that national sales are up 20% over last year.
C. Retail outlets in Tooten County import the majority of their children's bicycles from Canada.
D. Elementary schools in Tooten County continue to promote the values of exercise to its students.
E. Residents of Tooten County rent children's bicycles as about the same rate as residents of other counties in the nation.

D. Elementary schools in Tooten County continue to promote the values of exercise to its students.

Explanation:

Even though Tooten County have a lower percentage of young families than a typical country, the retail sales of children's bicycles are above the national average most probably because the elementary schools promote the importance of exercise to its students.

Cycling is one form of engaging in exercise and because it is encouraged, the children tend to make demands for bicycles from their parents.

Other options are simply not viable as a plausible explanation because marketing does not always translate to sales, one local manufacturer's sales would be a small sample size to measure the whole county,  where the bicycles are imported from are immaterial, etc.

The most viable explanation would be the the promotion of exercise by elementary schools in Tooten County.

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