voodoo_child wrote:Journalist: Workers at Facsum Inc. have threatened to strike if management does not meet their demands for an immediate 5% pay raise and a paid lunch break. Further, workers are insisting that the company rehire 12 employees who were laid off for complaining about substandard wages and working conditions. It is well-known that Facsum reported that negative profits in 3 of its previous 4 quarterly earnings reports. We believe a strike is inevitable.

Identify an assumption required by the journalist's argument


The workers would likely be willing to compromise with respect to the paid lunch break.
Facsum is unwilling to negotiate with the workers.
The majority of the losses were due to a significant decline in profit margins.
The 12 laid-off employees were not laid off for any performance-related reasons.
Facsum likely does not have sufficient cash flow or cash reserves to support increased expenses.

OA - E.

Can someone explain why B) is incorrect?

Thanks

eagleeye wrote:

voodoo_child wrote:Journalist: Workers at Facsum Inc. have threatened to strike if management does not meet their demands for an immediate 5% pay raise and a paid lunch break. Further, workers are insisting that the company rehire 12 employees who were laid off for complaining about substandard wages and working conditions. It is well-known that Facsum reported that negative profits in 3 of its previous 4 quarterly earnings reports. We believe a strike is inevitable.

Identify an assumption required by the journalist's argument


The workers would likely be willing to compromise with respect to the paid lunch break.
Facsum is unwilling to negotiate with the workers.
The majority of the losses were due to a significant decline in profit margins.
The 12 laid-off employees were not laid off for any performance-related reasons.
Facsum likely does not have sufficient cash flow or cash reserves to support increased expenses.

OA - E.

Can someone explain why B) is incorrect?

Thanks

B is incorrect because nowhere in the passage is it suggested that Facsum is "unwilling" to negotiate. We know that workers demands are not being met at the moment; however, that does not mean that Facsum are not willing to negotiate. They may be or they may not be. We just don't know. Hence B is not a required assumption.

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