Mayor Delmont

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Mayor Delmont

by KP3882 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:39 am
Hi. Can someone help me understand this argument pls. Is the author saying that the avg paycheck is going up or is he questioning the validity of it?

Political Advertisement:

Mayor Delmont's critics complain about the jobs that were lost in the city under Delmont's leadership. Yet the fact is that not only were more jobs created than were eliminated, but the average pay for these new jobs has been higher than the average pay for jobs citywide every year since Delmont took office. So there can be no question that throughout Delmont's tenure the average paycheck in this city has been getting steadily bigger.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument in the advertisement?

A. The average pay for jobs created in the city during the past three years was higher than the average pay for jobs created in the city earlier in Mayor Delmont's tenure.
B. Average pay in the city was at a ten-year low when Mayor Delmont took office.
C. Some of the jobs created in the city during Mayor Delmont's tenure have in the meantime been eliminated again.
D. The average pay for jobs eliminated in the city during Mayor Delmont's tenure has been roughly equal every year to the average pay for jobs citywide.
E. The average pay for jobs in the city is currently higher than it is for jobs in the suburbs surrounding the city.

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by amit2k9 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:30 am
its asking how the average paycheck is increasing if the jobs are being lost.

there is actually a reasoning gap here,which is how the average paycheck is increasing.
so look for an answer option which fills this gap.

only A and D come close to this reasoning.

average pay check for the city = [(average pay check for jobs created)* number of jobs created +
(average pay check for the jobs lost)* number of jobs lost]/ total jobs.

now number of jobs created > number of jobs lost and
average pay check for the city has increased.

A does not talk about pay check for jobs lost. POE.

D average pay check for jobs created must be increasing as average pay check for jobs lost was same.

thus D it is.
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