in what world would i get this under 1:10

this makes literally zero sense, how does this relate to the scientist's interests at all? maybe it could be the reason, but there is nothing in the passage to indicate that.

i still do not understand what AC A is saying

Hi Alex! I'm interested if there are still openings.

@MarcusTsang I also thought about the speed v. acceleration discrepancy, but the stimulus conflates wealth with income which is a similar comparison - you can have $5 billion in income but still be poor because you spend all your money on pay day. Don't know if that's what they're going for but this is how I thought about it!

Why wouldn't the "if" claim in E be a problem? I understand the similarities in logic but I'm confused because normally we would knock a parallel/analogy question if the stimulus wasn't a conditional, yet the AC was.