Hi anksm22,

Since this is a CR prompt, you should have posted it in THAT Sub-Forum. I'll still be happy to walk you through it though.

This is a FLAW prompt. You typically see 1 of these on Test Day and it's always written around some type of flaw in the logic.

One of the common Flaws that the GMAT typically tests is the concept of Percents vs. Values. For example, is a 10% pay raise at your job necessarily a lot more money? In that same way, would a $20,000 raise be considered a big raise? In both situations, the real question is "what did you start with?" Without that information, there's no way to know if a percent or value increase/decrease is significant or not.

This prompt is all about percentage data. A 60% increase in violent crime might seem like a big increase, but it's not necessarily a big increase if we're basing it off of a really small number of violent crimes. The correct answer matches the issue above: what were the violent crime numbers that we started with? The author does NOT consider that point, which is why his argument is flawed.

Final Answer: D

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich