If you choose B, you are missing the point of the argument!
Evidence: Records from other towns show that wherever a SaveAll opens, more than 25% percent of the stores in that town go bankrupt within 5 years.
Conclusion: Morganville should prevent a SaveAll from opening in order to keep its central district healthy
Assumption: Any shopping district in which more than 25% of its stores close in a five-year period is not healthy.
The argument is testing your ability to consider statistics critically and logically. Never interpret a statistic without knowing its context and how it compares to others.
Larry: Doctor Smith is one of the best surgeons in the city: this is shown by the fact that only 2% of the surgical procedures he has performed in the last year were failures.
Karen: I don't know how you can draw that conclusion unless you tell me how 2% compares with ...
Evidence: Records from other towns show that wherever a SaveAll opens, more than 25% percent of the stores in that town go bankrupt within 5 years.
Conclusion: Morganville should prevent a SaveAll from opening in order to keep its central district healthy
Assumption: Any shopping district in which more than 25% of its stores close in a five-year period is not healthy.
The argument is testing your ability to consider statistics critically and logically. Never interpret a statistic without knowing its context and how it compares to others.
Larry: Doctor Smith is one of the best surgeons in the city: this is shown by the fact that only 2% of the surgical procedures he has performed in the last year were failures.
Karen: I don't know how you can draw that conclusion unless you tell me how 2% compares with ...
Kevin Armstrong
GMAT Instructor
Gmatclasses
Madrid
GMAT Instructor
Gmatclasses
Madrid
