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strengthening the argument

by xcusemeplz2009 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:48 am
If the public library shared by the adjacent towns of Redville and Glenwood were relocated from the library's current, overcrowded building in central Redville to a larger, available building in central Glenwood, the library would then be within walking distance of a larger number of library users. That is because there are many more people living in central Glenwood than in central Redville, and people generally will walk to the library only if it is located close to their homes.
10. Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
(A) The public library was located between Glenwood and Redville before being moved to its current location in central Redville.
(B) The area covered by central Glenwood is approximately the same size as that covered by central Redville.
(C) The building that is available in Glenwood is smaller than an alternative building that is available in Redville.
(D) Many of the people who use the public library do not live in either Glenwood or Redville.
(E) The distance that people currently walk to get to the library is farther than what is generally considered walking distance
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by raghavakumar85 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:12 am
Oh! Tough One! I am stuck between B and E.

B looks tricky while E looks correct to me.
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by raghavakumar85 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:41 am
Let me try again!

The stimulus says "moving the library from central redville to central glenwood would make it WALKING DISTANCE for LARGER number of users". So, it can be assumed that the current location of the library (central redville) is not walking distance for MANY but may be for SOME. Now, the last sentence that "since there are more number of people in glenwood than there are in redville, people will walk to the libraries closer to their homes"

So, the correct choice should support that there are more people in glenwood who are using the library and moving the library closer to glenwood makes more people to visit the library.

a. we need not know the previos location of library to serve our purpose. Elimitated.

b. Tricky.. From the stimulus we know that population of central glenwood is more than that of central redville. Suppose population of is C.R = 10 for area X and population of C.G =10 for same area X . then we can state that desnity of people who can access library in central glenwood is more because it becomes their walking distance. More the population density in C.G, nearer the library, more the people walking to libray. Hence supports our premise that LARGER people will use the library if moved to C.G (not just only because of more population) Definitely STRENGTHENS!

c. new libray may be smaller in CG, but definitely is accessible and will be in walking distance.Goes against the premise. Eliminated.

d. This choice goes against the assumption and premise. ELIMINATED.

e. I thought this could the answer. But, what if there is a possibility that people of glenwood may prefer walking to the library in central glenwood from their homes that are far from central glenwood. This raises a need to know population spread/ density in C.G. The fact that less number of people's homes are near CG or more number of people's homes are near CG is UNKNOWN to us to come to a conclusion that it can strengthen the stimulus.
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by 2010gmat » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:58 am
i dont like any of the choice... :shock:

even if more people live in CG it does not show that more people in CG actually go to the library...

either this one is a very tricky ques or not a correct one
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by raghavakumar85 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:05 am
I agree with u gmat2010,

But in this question, i felt nothing wrong in assuming that more the people in CG, more are the people visiting library. I felt so because this assumption is not effecting any other choices. If I have to select 2 answers I would go with B and E. Because it is only 1, I did opt for B.
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by 2010gmat » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:16 am
i agree with you that the best choice here is B...but somehow i felt bedazzled after reading the choices...
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wats the source of this ques??
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:20 am
IMO B.

Yeah...Its extremely tricky....I do go with the concept of Population density.
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by mehravikas » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:20 pm
E should be the correct answer. As it is mentioned in the argument that if the library is shifted to CG, then the library would then be within walking distance of a larger number of library users.

E states that currently the distance covered by people is farther than what is generally considered as a walking distance.
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by gmatv09 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:25 pm
Initially thought E was the correct choice ... :)

However, after read the last line "people generally will walk to the library only if it is located close to their homes."
I am more inclined towards choice B :roll:
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:42 am
OA B

source is obvious LSAT- i should rather say a demotivating source.
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:46 am
OA B

source is obvious LSAT- i should rather say a demotivating source.
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by palvarez » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:12 am
E is another nice trap. See what it does: it changes the referent of "walking distance" across time.
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by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 10:16 pm
I would go for E as well. It seems the best and safest among the rest.
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