- Uva@90
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Hi All,
It is pretty hard to understand this question.
McBride: The proposed new fuel efficiency standards, if implemented, will
discourage the manufacture of full-size cars. This prospect is troubling because
when a subcompact and a full-size car collide, the people in the subcompact
are more likely to be seriously injured than if theirs had also been a full-size car.
The new fuel efficiency standards should therefore be opposed.
Leggett: But whenever any two cars collide, it is more likely that someone
will be seriously injured if one of the cars is a full-size car than if neither of the
cars is full-size. Thus, the new fuel efficiency standards should be supported
precisely because they discourage the manufacture of full-size cars.
McBride's and Leggett's statements commit them to disagreeing about the
truth of which one of the following?
(A) The manufacture of full-size cars should be discouraged.
(B) Fuel conservation is less important than safety in the event of a
collision.
(C) When a full-size car and a subcompact car collide, the occupants of the
full-size car are less likely than the occupants of the subcompact car to
the seriously injured.
(D) Reducing the number of full-size cars on the highway will reduce the
frequency of collisions between automobiles.
(E) The new fuel-efficiency standards will encourage automobile
manufacturers to build more subcompact cars.
OA A
I am not able to understand the Question Stem itself.
Does it say "to which option does both of them disagree ??"
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Uva.
It is pretty hard to understand this question.
McBride: The proposed new fuel efficiency standards, if implemented, will
discourage the manufacture of full-size cars. This prospect is troubling because
when a subcompact and a full-size car collide, the people in the subcompact
are more likely to be seriously injured than if theirs had also been a full-size car.
The new fuel efficiency standards should therefore be opposed.
Leggett: But whenever any two cars collide, it is more likely that someone
will be seriously injured if one of the cars is a full-size car than if neither of the
cars is full-size. Thus, the new fuel efficiency standards should be supported
precisely because they discourage the manufacture of full-size cars.
McBride's and Leggett's statements commit them to disagreeing about the
truth of which one of the following?
(A) The manufacture of full-size cars should be discouraged.
(B) Fuel conservation is less important than safety in the event of a
collision.
(C) When a full-size car and a subcompact car collide, the occupants of the
full-size car are less likely than the occupants of the subcompact car to
the seriously injured.
(D) Reducing the number of full-size cars on the highway will reduce the
frequency of collisions between automobiles.
(E) The new fuel-efficiency standards will encourage automobile
manufacturers to build more subcompact cars.
OA A
I am not able to understand the Question Stem itself.
Does it say "to which option does both of them disagree ??"
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Uva.
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