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In the last ten years, usage of pay phones in Bridgeport has

by BTGmoderatorDC » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:44 pm

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In the last ten years, usage of pay phones in Bridgeport has dropped by 90%.Since cell phone usage is much higher among middle- and upper-income residents of Bridgeport than among lower-income residents, the Bridgeport City Council has decided to remove pay phones from middle- and upper-income neighbourhoods, while retaining those in lower-income neighbourhoods, reasoning that this plan will respond appropriately to demand for pay phones and thereby inconvenience very few people.

Which of the following would be most helpful to know in order to evaluate the reasoning of the City Council?

(A) Whether pay phones are used by criminals conducting drug deals
(B) A comparison of pay phone usage between middle income and high income residents
(C) How many low-income residents use cell phones
(D) Whether low-income residents typically use pay phones close to home
(E) Whether eliminating pay phones would lose revenue for the city

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by deloitte247 » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:07 am

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We need to know what will determine if the plan will work or not.
Premise: usage of payphones in Bridgeport has dropped by 90%.

Logical gap: We can assume that the low-income residents do menial jobs for the middle and upper-class residents which means that while in that neighbourhood, they use the payphones available and not the one in their very own neighbourhood.

Explanation: The Bridgeport city council needs what will make residents of Bridgeport demand for payphones. That is why they came up with the plan of removing payphones from the middle and upper-income neighbourhoods and retained the ones in the lower-income neighbourhoods.

Option A - Incorrect
The arguments focus is through the low-income and upper-income neighbourhoods, not directly through people who use payphones, whether they are criminals conducting drug deals or not.

Option B - Incorrect
It is though the low-income residents and the middle- or upper-income residents, and not between the middle- and upper-income residents as stated in this option.

Option C - Incorrect
We are not interested in the number of low-income residents who use cell phones. The argument is concerned about payphones, not cellphones.

Option D - Correct
This should be taken into consideration if the plan will succeed. It is also important to know if the residents will use the payphones retained in the low-income neighbourhoods or if they use the ones in the middle- and upper-income neighbourhoods, which is being removed.

Option E - Incorrect
The argument is not concerned about the revenue to be lost in the city if payphones are eliminated in the city.
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