1000 CR test 14, #16

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1000 CR test 14, #16

by isisalaska » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:39 pm
Roland: The alarming fact is that 90 percent of the people in this country now report that they know someone who is unemployed.
Sharon: But a normal, moderate level of unemployment is 5 percent, with 1 out of 20 workers unemployed. So at any given time if a person knows approximately 50 workers, 1 or more will very likely be unemployed.


Sharon’s argument relies on the assumption that
(A) normal levels of unemployment are rarely exceeded
(B) unemployment is not normally concentrated in geographically isolated segments of the population
(C) the number of people who each know someone who is unemployed is always higher than 90% of the population
(D) Roland is not consciously distorting the statistics he presents
(E) knowledge that a personal acquaintance is unemployed generates more fear of losing one’s job than does knowledge of unemployment statistics

Answer is B, what I don't see it...
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Re: 1000 CR test 14, #16

by jaspetrovic » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:39 pm
I think that B is the best answer, considering all the others, that do not have much to do with the argument.

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by quocbao » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:37 am
Dig it up!

Anyone has any idea with the answer ?

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by ashley.com » Sun May 15, 2016 2:59 am
I believe the correct answer should be B

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by graem83d » Sun May 15, 2016 7:36 am
Option B looks good than other answers