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Topic: Earth’s resources
PostTue Nov 17, 2009 11:31 am

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The earth’s resources are being depleted much too fast. To correct this, the United States must keep its resource consumption at present levels for many years to come.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?
(A) New resource deposits are constantly being discovered.
(B) The United States consumes one-third of all resources used in the world.
(C) Other countries need economic development more than the United States does.
(D) Other countries have agreed to hold their resource consumption at present levels.
(E) The United States has been conserving resources for several years.
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PostTue Nov 17, 2009 12:08 pm

IMO B
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PostTue Nov 17, 2009 9:06 pm

IMO B
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PostWed Nov 18, 2009 1:09 am

geemat wrote:
The earth’s resources are being depleted much too fast. To correct this, the United States must keep its resource consumption at present levels for many years to come.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?
(A) New resource deposits are constantly being discovered.
(B) The United States consumes one-third of all resources used in the world.
(C) Other countries need economic development more than the United States does.
(D) Other countries have agreed to hold their resource consumption at present levels.
(E) The United States has been conserving resources for several years.
It's definitely B. B shows that US consumes one-third of all the resources and hence strengthens the conclusion that US must retain its current consumption in order to avoid depletion.

Other choices are either irrelevant or have no effect in the argument.
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PostWed Nov 18, 2009 2:40 am

Answer is B
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PostThu Nov 26, 2009 12:01 pm

I go with B
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