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A city's public health department noted that residents who live within walking distance of a park exercise more, on average, than residents who do not. The department concluded that building new parks in neighborhoods that currently lack them will increase exercise rates among the residents of those neighborhoods.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the health department's conclusion relies?
- People who already prefer an active lifestyle are not simply the ones choosing to live near parks.
- Maintaining a newly built park will not require significant ongoing city public-works funding.
- Residents of park-less neighborhoods spend most of their leisure time indoors watching television.
- New parks will include dedicated equipment and facilities specifically designed for young children.
- The city council will approve funding to build parks in every neighborhood that currently lacks one.
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