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online do-it-yourself home repair instructions

by himu » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:23 pm
Critical Reasoning

The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet for home repairs has led to a decrease in revenue for home service technicians and an increase in the number of injuries caused by people who have attempted home repairs themselves. Unfortunately, not all of the do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet are written as well as they should be.

Which of the following can be inferred from the argument above?

The number of people who are not home repair technicians and who have been injured while attempting home repairs has increased.

Most people who are injured while attempting home repairs have done so while following instructions found in free do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet.

The overall sale of online do-it-yourself home repair instructions by home service technicians has not been equal to the loss of revenue the technicians have incurred due to free offerings of this sort of material.

Most free do-it-yourself home repair instructions found on the Internet do not provide enough clear information regarding safety precautions.

As more free do-it-yourself instructions for home repairs are made available on the Internet, home service technicians will suffer more losses in revenue.
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by neha24 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:17 pm
it has to be C
for The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet for home repairs has led to a decrease in revenue
c says :The overall sale of online do-it-yourself home repair instructions by home service technicians has not been equal to the loss of revenue the technicians have incurred due to free offerings of this sort of material.

coz had it been equal the loss in revenue wud not have have been there in the first place !!

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by srcc25anu » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:04 am
i would go for D here.
argument says rise in DIY instructions -> decreased revenue -> increased injuries to people
reason believed for this - DIY instruction not well written
therefore it must be the DIY instructions dont provide enough clear info on safety precautions

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by Ankur87 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:36 am
himu wrote:Critical Reasoning

The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet for home repairs has led to a decrease in revenue for home service technicians and an increase in the number of injuries caused by people who have attempted home repairs themselves. Unfortunately, not all of the do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet are written as well as they should be.

Which of the following can be inferred from the argument above?

The number of people who are not home repair technicians and who have been injured while attempting home repairs has increased.

Most people who are injured while attempting home repairs have done so while following instructions found in free do-it-yourself instructions on the Internet.

The overall sale of online do-it-yourself home repair instructions by home service technicians has not been equal to the loss of revenue the technicians have incurred due to free offerings of this sort of material.

Most free do-it-yourself home repair instructions found on the Internet do not provide enough clear information regarding safety precautions.

As more free do-it-yourself instructions for home repairs are made available on the Internet, home service technicians will suffer more losses in revenue.
Option C is not clear to me ..
IMO : D

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by insanejuxtapose » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:22 am
I think option D is wrong, there is a good chance that the these free DIY instructions may be providing clear instructions on safety precautions but may fail to provide clear instructions
on repairing the equipment itself which misleads the user (potentially creating dangerous situation for him/her) even if he/she followed precautions.

Option C makes sense. If it was not true, the argument falls apart.

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by srcc25anu » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:01 am
after further thoughts i agree with C