Evaluate the argument

IMO 2

Its a tricky question

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https://www.beatthegmat.com/good-one-t57232.html

Hi Atul,

In this I have a query that Hart says: But Consider This: Over 70 percent of all doctorate holders do not have a parent that also hold a doctorate.............in this it can also be the case that the parent is no more in the world ..............can we take this aspect also in consideration while dealing with this question??????

aspirant2011 wrote:Hi Atul,

In this I have a query that Hart says: But Consider This: Over 70 percent of all doctorate holders do not have a parent that also hold a doctorate.............in this it can also be the case that the parent is no more in the world ..............can we take this aspect also in consideration while dealing with this question??????

hmm. i'm pretty sure that unless the problem says something specifically out of the ordinary (e.g. "over 70 percent of all doctorate holders do not have a living parent that also holds a doctorate"), you are expected to exercise a certain amount of "common sense." in other words, don't read too much into the problem.

for example, if a problem says "he dropped the apple," common sense says (a) he is on earth and (b) the apple fell to the ground, as apples are wont to do on this planet. an out-of-the-ordinary assumption would be to assume that "he" was john glenn and he was in a space shuttle when he dropped the apple. unless the gmat specifically tells you "john glenn dropped the apple in the middle of the international space station," there is no reason to make this assumption.

aspirant2011 wrote:Hi Atul,

In this I have a query that Hart says: But Consider This: Over 70 percent of all doctorate holders do not have a parent that also hold a doctorate.............in this it can also be the case that the parent is no more in the world ..............can we take this aspect also in consideration while dealing with this question??????

Sorry bro, i don't think that gonna be a consideration as the argument is not concerned that the parents are alive or dead....argument only concerns whether parents earned doctorate or not in past...doesn't matter they are alive or dead..

The answer lies in the keyword "more likely"

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