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Antonia Olivia Dolan and colleagues had musicians and nonmusicians with clinically average hearing listen to recordings of nature sounds and music in popular genres like classic rock and heavy metal and adjust the volume to optimize their listening enjoyment. The researchers found that for a given recording that a musician and nonmusician identified as their favorite among those included in the study, optimal volume tended to be higher for the musician than for the nonmusician. Thus, if a musician and nonmusician both identified Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” as their favorite recording and the musician preferred to listen to it at a volume of 90.2 decibels, the nonmusician would be expected to __________
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A
prefer listening to other music at 90.2 decibels over listening to “Whole Lotta Love” at that volume.
B
find listening to “Whole Lotta Love” at 90.2 decibels less enjoyable than listening to it at a lower volume.
C
not find it enjoyable to listen to any recordings at a volume as low as 90.2 decibels.
D
enjoy listening to the nature sounds at 90.2 decibels more than listening to “Whole Lotta Love” at 90.2 decibels.