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At the end of each day, Mr. Red takes a bag holding the daily earnings of his business to the bank. A week ago, when Mr.

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At the end of each day, Mr. Red takes a bag holding the daily earnings of his business to the bank. A week ago, when Mr. Red arrived at the bank, he noticed that the bag had been replaced by another similar bag, but one without any earnings in it. Mr. Red accused Mr. Green, a competitor, of the robbery. However, on that specific day Mr. Green claims to have been playing golf on a course far from Mr. Red's offices. Therefore, Mr. Green cannot be guilty of stealing the earnings.

Which of the following would it be most useful to establish in order to evaluate the argument?

(A) Whether the amount of money in Mr. Green's bank account is larger than the amount stolen
(B) Whether it was the first time Mr. Green had played at that particular golf course
(C) Whether the replacement bag had been bought at the same shop that Mr. Red had bought the original bag from
(D) Whether the events mentioned by Mr. Green can be confirmed by an observer who is objective
(E) Whether an employee of Mr. Red's business can verify the fact that Mr. Red indeed went to the bank that day


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Source: — Critical Reasoning |

Premise: Mr. Red takes a bag holding the daily earnings of his business to the bank at the end of each day.

Conclusion: Mr. Green cannot be guilty of stealing Mr. Red's earnings because he claimed he was playing golf on a course far from Mr. Red's offices on this day that Mr. Red's earnings bag was replaced with a bag without earnings.

Now we want to find the option that is best to use in evaluating this argument.

Option A - Incorrect:
This claim holds no valid point because we are not concerned about the money in Mr. Green's account, and even at that though, it doesn't validate that Mr. Green cannot be guilty of stealing Mr. Red's daily earnings. Hence, it is incorrect.

Option B - Incorrect:
We can't know from the passage if this was Mr. Green's first time playing that particular golf course.

Option C - Incorrect:
This claim is out of context. According to the passage, Mr. Red didn't buy a new bag daily to take his daily earnings to the bank. So, this cannot be the reason why the bag was replaced.

Option D - Correct:
The statement "Mr. Green cannot be guilty of stealing the earnings" is a conditional statement that can easily validate or refute Mr. Green's claim in the passage against the robbery allegation on him by Mr. Red, provided there is an observer at the golf course during that specific day. Therefore, this claim holds a valid point in evaluating this argument. Hence, it is the most fitting answer.

Option E - Incorrect:
Well, this seems reasonable though but the statement "Mr. Red takes a bag holding the daily earnings of his business to the bank at the end of each day" invalidate this claim. The reason is that the passage attests to the fact that Mr. Red always takes his earnings to the bank at the end of each day. Therefore, it is safe to say that this option is incorrect.

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