Driving around the parks that encircle Washington, he solicited customers with a simple pitch: early in the morning,
he would deliver some bagels and a cash basket to company's snack room; he would return before lunch to pick up
the money and the leftovers. It was an honor-system commerce scheme, and it worked. Within a few years, Feldman
was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research
analyst. He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy.
Based on the excerpt, which statement best strengthens Feldman's claim that people are mostly honest?
Feldman solicited customers with a simple pitch.
Feldman's payment system was largely successful.
Feldman earned a good living delivering bagels.
Feldman found a new career and made himself happy.

Based on the excerpt, the statement that best strengthens the claim that people are mostly honest is:

B) Feldman's payment system was largely successful.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt, Feldman would leave bagels and a basket in different companies' snack rooms. Therefore, he himself did not stay there to ask for the money in return for the bagels. He chose to believe that people would be honest enough to take the bagel and leave the money in the basket. It turns out that this system was largely successful. People would indeed leave the money, and Feldman began to make a good income from this idea. In conclusion, the sentence that best strengthens the argument that people are honest is B) Feldman's payment system was largely successful.

being surrounded by crimes, poverty, and failing schools as well as his own lack of confidence in his abilities.