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PostWed Oct 07, 2009 11:30 pm
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Teenagers are often priced out of the labor market by the government-mandated minimum-wage level because employers cannot afford to pay that much for extra help. Therefore, if Congress institutes a subminimum wage, a new lower legal wage for teenagers, the teenage unemployment rate, which has been rising since 1960, will no longer increase.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
(A) Since 1960 the teenage unemployment rate has risen when the minimum wage has risen.
(B) Since 1960 the teenage unemployment rate has risen even when the minimum wage remained constant.
(C) Employers often hire extra help during holiday and warm weather seasons.
(D) The teenage unemployment rate rose more quickly in the 1970’s than it did in the 1960’s.
(E) The teenage unemployment rate has occasionally declined in the years since 1960.

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PostThu Oct 08, 2009 12:18 pm
IMO C?
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PostWed Oct 14, 2009 12:47 pm
The answer is B.
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PostThu Oct 22, 2009 1:41 am
IMO A
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PostSat Oct 24, 2009 1:21 am
anybody please specifies your answers! OA plese!
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PostSun Oct 25, 2009 2:23 pm
I think the right answer is (B)
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PostFri Jan 01, 2010 12:53 pm
ashish1354 wrote:
Teenagers are often priced out of the labor market by the government-mandated minimum-wage level because employers cannot afford to pay that much for extra help. Therefore, if Congress institutes a subminimum wage, a new lower legal wage for teenagers, the teenage unemployment rate, which has been rising since 1960, will no longer increase.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
(A) Since 1960 the teenage unemployment rate has risen when the minimum wage has risen.
(B) Since 1960 the teenage unemployment rate has risen even when the minimum wage remained constant.
(C) Employers often hire extra help during holiday and warm weather seasons.
(D) The teenage unemployment rate rose more quickly in the 1970’s than it did in the 1960’s.
(E) The teenage unemployment rate has occasionally declined in the years since 1960.

OA after some replies
Answer should be A.
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PostTue Jan 19, 2010 4:04 am
It has to be C
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PostWed Jan 20, 2010 1:24 pm
IMO A bt why not E??
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PostTue Jan 26, 2010 6:44 am
3)Author states teenage unemployment rate will cease to rise if minimum wage is lowered. To weaken this we have to prove minimum wage has no effect on unemployment rate.
A.Supports the argument.
B. correct if unemployment rate keeps on rising when minimum wage is constant then this weakens the conclusion
C.Irrelevant
D.Irrelevant
E. this happens only once in a while and has no impact on the conclusion
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