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Winter Sledding

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by Dean Jones » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:24 pm
Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

In the past, most children who went sledding in the winter snow in Verland used wooden sleds with runners and steering bars. Ten years ago, smooth plastic sleds became popular; they go faster than wooden sleds but are harder to steer and slow. The concern that plastic sleds are more dangerous is clearly borne out by the fact that the number of children injured while sledding was much higher
last winter than it was ten years ago. Which of the following, if true in Verland, most seriously undermines the force of the evidence cited?

A. A few children still use traditional wooden sleds.
B. Very few children wear any kind of protective gear, such as helmets, while sledding.
C. Plastic sleds can be used in a much wider variety of snow conditions than wooden sleds can.
D. Most sledding injuries occur when a sled collides with a tree, a rock, or another sled.
E. Because the traditional wooden sled can carry more than one rider, an accident involving a wooden sled can result in several children being injured.


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:58 pm
IMO B is the right one, as it indicates only few children are concerned with safety gear

A. Irrelevant. As it talks about wooden sleds
C. Tells abt the Plastic sleds advantage but irrelevant to this situation abt injuries
D. Close to B, But it indicates general statement abt injuries which can be assumed for now and 10 years before also
E. Undermines the wooden sled

What is the OA?
Dean Jones wrote:Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

In the past, most children who went sledding in the winter snow in Verland used wooden sleds with runners and steering bars. Ten years ago, smooth plastic sleds became popular; they go faster than wooden sleds but are harder to steer and slow. The concern that plastic sleds are more dangerous is clearly borne out by the fact that the number of children injured while sledding was much higher
last winter than it was ten years ago. Which of the following, if true in Verland, most seriously undermines the force of the evidence cited?

A. A few children still use traditional wooden sleds.
B. Very few children wear any kind of protective gear, such as helmets, while sledding.
C. Plastic sleds can be used in a much wider variety of snow conditions than wooden sleds can.
D. Most sledding injuries occur when a sled collides with a tree, a rock, or another sled.
E. Because the traditional wooden sled can carry more than one rider, an accident involving a wooden sled can result in several children being injured.


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

Regards
Deano.
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by sam2304 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:23 pm
Agree with karthikpandian

IMO B.
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by mankey » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:17 am
Very clearly C.

What is the OA?

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by techyrajeev » Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:59 pm
IMO 'C'

Increase in the application of plastic sled will increase the number of accident but it does not mean that plastic sled is more dangerous.

You can also assume that if application of the sled increases, number of people using it also increases.
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by ArunangsuSahu » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:38 pm
The Force of Evidence

The concern that plastic sleds are more dangerous is clearly borne out by the fact that the number of children injured while sledding was much higher
last winter than it w
as ten years ago

So If sledding is higher there will be more congestion and chances of collision

So if Helmets are not there then injuries
will be higher

(B)
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by sk8legend408 » Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:24 am
The answer is C.

Conclusion - plastic sleds are more dangerous than wooden sleds.

Premise - the number of children injured while sledding was much higher last winter than it was ten years ago.

There could be many reasons why such as a huge increase in the population, thereby more people sledding and obviously the number of people involved in accidents increasing. Another reason could be plastic sleds can be used in more types of situations than can wooden sleds.

Answer choice C clearly suggests that plastic sleds can be used in a variety of snow conditions so they are used a lot more often and that is why the number of children injured has increased...not because plastic sleds are more dangerous.
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