Question

read the claim and the supporting evidence. claim: mandarin should be the official global business language. evidence: mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language. why does the evidence support the claim? choose the analysis that better explains the connection. the language spoken by the most people is the most useful. a significant number of global businesses are seeking executives who are fluent in mandarin.

Explanation:

To determine how the evidence supports the claim, we analyze the connection. The claim is about Mandarin as the official global business language, and the evidence is its high number of speakers. The first analysis ("The language spoken by the most people is the most useful") connects the number of speakers (evidence) to usefulness in business (supporting the claim of being official global business language). The second analysis talks about businesses seeking Mandarin - fluent executives, which is more about job requirements rather than directly connecting the number of speakers to being the official global business language. So the first analysis better explains the connection as it links the large number of speakers (evidence) to the language being useful for global business (supporting the claim).

Answer:

The language spoken by the most people is the most useful.