Source: Knewton
Even though it is expected that the chain restaurants along Highway 00 in Lowtown will close within three years due to competiton from the popular chain restaurant QuicknYum that just opened, those locations will not stay unoccupied for long. In the three years since the opening of Dinone, a non-chain restaurant, a new restaurant has opened at the location of every restaurant along Highway 00 that closed because it could not compete with Dinone.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A: The strip of Highway 00 that passes through Lowtown currently has as many restaurants as it ever had.
B: It is projected that Lowtown will see more travelers passing through on Highway 00 in the next five years than it has in the past few decades.
C: The restaurants that have opened along Highway 00 since Dinone opened have increasingly been chain restaurants.
D: Many of Dinone's regular diners are expected to do less eating there than they did before the QuicknYum opened.
E: Many restaurants along Highway 00 in Lowtown serve types of food that are not served at either QuicknYum or Dinone.
OA: C
Even though it is expected that the chain restaurants along Highway 00 in Lowtown will close within three years due to competiton from the popular chain restaurant QuicknYum that just opened, those locations will not stay unoccupied for long. In the three years since the opening of Dinone, a non-chain restaurant, a new restaurant has opened at the location of every restaurant along Highway 00 that closed because it could not compete with Dinone.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A: The strip of Highway 00 that passes through Lowtown currently has as many restaurants as it ever had.
B: It is projected that Lowtown will see more travelers passing through on Highway 00 in the next five years than it has in the past few decades.
C: The restaurants that have opened along Highway 00 since Dinone opened have increasingly been chain restaurants.
D: Many of Dinone's regular diners are expected to do less eating there than they did before the QuicknYum opened.
E: Many restaurants along Highway 00 in Lowtown serve types of food that are not served at either QuicknYum or Dinone.
OA: C
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