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by sarwan » Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:31 am
can any one pls help me which ans is correct and why ?
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by sirisha.g » Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:34 am
sorry sarwan, i couldn't view your image.
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by Gurpinder » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:25 am
IMO (A)

Stimulus is saying: average rate of violent gun crime increased. 50% higher from other states that do not have strict gun control laws. therefore, to reduce gun crime -> remove gun control laws.

we want to weaken the argument

(A) weakens it. says, even though the AVG rate ^, the ANNUAL rate is lower in states with the laws. So to reduce annual gun crime > keep the laws

(B) strengthens the argument in stimulus

(C) has nothing to do with the stimulus

(D) this one might trick you. but the annual rate in NON-VIOLENT CRIMES....the stimulus talks about VIOLENT crimes.

(E) Again has nothing to do with the conclusion of stimulus
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by debmalya_dutta » Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:23 pm
my pick is A
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by gmatsolve » Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:56 pm
As for my understanding It should be Answer E.

Assumption 1: state with no strict gun law, most of people own the gun which reduce the violent crime
Assumption 2: state with no strict gun lwa, many people own the gun and involve in crime in other state where have strict gun law.
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by sarwan » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:45 pm
sirisha.g wrote:sorry sarwan, i couldn't view your image.
this is question from OG10 edition CR question # 168.

Please refer or can copy the image and expand it. . Ans is: A

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by sarwan » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:55 pm
Gurpinder wrote:IMO (A)

Stimulus is saying: average rate of violent gun crime increased. 50% higher from other states that do not have strict gun control laws. therefore, to reduce gun crime -> remove gun control laws.

we want to weaken the argument

(A) weakens it. says, even though the AVG rate ^, the ANNUAL rate is lower in states with the laws. So to reduce annual gun crime > keep the laws

(B) strengthens the argument in stimulus

(C) has nothing to do with the stimulus

(D) this one might trick you. but the annual rate in NON-VIOLENT CRIMES....the stimulus talks about VIOLENT crimes.

(E) Again has nothing to do with the conclusion of stimulus
I was sticked with D, but my skill now settled by getting the reason: Author talking about VIOLENT, considering NON-VIOLENT is out of scope. that's the point :-) .

Thanks Gurpinder for your help.

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