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Hi Brent,
For the below question why B is better than E ? Why can't we say that the reason for more number of surgeries in France is due to more number of doctors available in France than Italy ?
"A recent study by a renowned worldwide health think tank found that the number of surgeries performed to remove bunions in France greatly exceeded the number of such surgeries in Italy. This is true although the populations of the two countries are comparable in size, and the factors thought to contribute to the development of bunions are equally present in both countries. Bunions occur most frequently in women who wear tight-fitting shoes, and the most popular women’s shoes in both France and Italy tend to be tight-fitting. Therefore, the French have a genetic predisposition to developing bunions that the Italians lack."
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument?
(A) French women and Italian women spend roughly equal amounts of time walking in tight-fitting shoes.
(B) Italians have a cultural skepticism towards unnecessary medical treatment that French people do not have. Correct Answer
(C) Other countries, such as the United States and Canada, have a greater per capita rate of bunion surgeries than France does.
(D) A French person suffering from bunions is just as likely to have surgery to remove them as is an Italian person.
(E) France has more doctors trained to perform surgery to remove bunions than does Italy.
Kindly help me
Thanks :)
The premises tell us that the
The premises tell us that the two countries have similar populations AND the factors thought to contribute to the development of bunions are equally present in both countries.
CONCLUSION: French are genetically predisposed to developing bunions.
Answer choice B suggests that Italians just don't get bunion surgery. So, it's not that there are fewer cases of bunions; the Italians just don't get them removed.
This definitely weakens the conclusion.
Answer choice E suggests that the French have more bunion surgeries because there are more bunion surgeons. This COULD weaken the conclusion if it were the case that having more of something makes people more prone to using that thing. But is this true? Do people who live in cities with more gas stations buy more gas than people with fewer gas stations? Do people with 6 bathrooms in their house use the bathroom more than people with 1 bathroom? Not really.
Does that help?
Cheers,
Brent
Yes it does :) Thank you
Hi Brent,
I have worked the following passage as below, however struck between option A & B.
The Fingerprint Recognition Device (FRD), a machine that uses digital imaging to examine the ridges and patterns in fingerprints, retains information about patterns it has previously seen. This process allows it to identify any pattern it has examined in the past. Since no two people have the same fingerprints, an FRD can always reliably indicate whether it has ever seen the fingerprints of a particular person.
Which of the following is an assumption upon which the argument depends?
A) Persons employed in jobs involving heavy manual labor do not damage their fingers in ways that would substantially change their fingerprints.
B) The FRD has an elaborate set of safeguards in place to ensure that data is not lost when the machine loses power or breaks down.
C) The technology involved in producing and distributing FRDs is not prohibitively expensive.
D) The number of ridges in any given person’s fingerprints is identical, but the particular patterns they form vary.
E) No set of fingerprints has ever been examined by more than one FRD.
Conclusion: FRD can always reliably indicate whether it has ever seen the fingerprints of a particular person
Premises: It retains information about patterns it has previously seen.
No two people have same fingerprints
Wrt first premise, I thought an assumption like data wouldn't be erased from the machine.
I found option B matches with that assumption and chose it. However answer is A.
Could you kindly help
What's the source of this
What's the source of this question? I ask because it doesn't seem GRE-ish. I ask because there are TONS of official practice questions at the bottom of this page: https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/module/gre-reading-comprehension
That said, let's answer the question.
CONCLUSION: An FRD can always reliably indicate whether it has ever seen the fingerprints of a particular person.
An assumption is something that is REQUIRED in order for the conclusion to follow from the premises.
Answer choice A basically says that people's fingerprint never change.
This is a necessary assumption.
If a person's fingerprints changed substantially, then the stored information about that person's ridges and patterns would be DIFFERENT from that person's altered fingerprints.
Keep A
Answer choice B is not totally required. \Let's say there ISN'T an elaborate set of safeguards in place to ensure that data is not lost when the machine loses power or breaks down. Does this mean that the FRD definitely CANNOT indicate whether it has ever seen the fingerprints of a particular person?
No.
Just because there are not safeguards in place doesn't mean that the FRD cannot do its job. Sure, if the data WERE lost, then the FRD couldn't do its job. But, that's not what answer choice B says.
Answer: A
Cheers,
Brent
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C is the correct answer to
C is the correct answer to the taxation question.
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