No nation in the world has experienced as significant a decline in Yucaipa tree population as our nation. Yet only our nation imposes a law prohibiting the use of Yucaipa tree-bark oil in cosmetics. The purpose of this law in the first place was to help maintain the Yucaipa tree population, at least in this nation. But the law is clearly unnecessary and therefore should be repealed.
Which of the following , if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drwan in the passage?
A. This nation contains more Yucaipa trees than any other nations
B. Yucaipa tree-bark oil is not used for any consumer goods other than cosmetics
C. The demand for cosmetics containing Yucaipa tree-oil is expected to decline in the future in other nations while continuiing unabated in this nation
D. In other nations, labor used to harvest Yucaipa trees for cosmetics is less expensive than comparable labor in this nation.
E. In this nation, some wild animals eat Yucapa tree bark, thereby contributing to their destruction.
OA will be announced after some discussion.
Which of the following , if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drwan in the passage?
A. This nation contains more Yucaipa trees than any other nations
B. Yucaipa tree-bark oil is not used for any consumer goods other than cosmetics
C. The demand for cosmetics containing Yucaipa tree-oil is expected to decline in the future in other nations while continuiing unabated in this nation
D. In other nations, labor used to harvest Yucaipa trees for cosmetics is less expensive than comparable labor in this nation.
E. In this nation, some wild animals eat Yucapa tree bark, thereby contributing to their destruction.
OA will be announced after some discussion.
