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evek

If those convicted of crimes continue to be incarcerated, thiscountry’s prison population will triple by the year 2010. Therefore, it is notenough for us to search out the root cause of crime. We must find otheralternatives to the imprisonment of convicted criminals. We must reduce ourprison population

The argument above is basedupon the assumption that

A. prisons are crowded now
B.  the tripling of the prison populationin this country by the year 2010 is undesirable
C.   the feeling among U.S. citizens is thatthe prison population is too large now
D.  the prison population is controllableby the judicial system
E.   the phenomenon of prison populationgrowth is related to overall population growth





Duringthe past five years, more than 5000 Maltanians have drowned in boatingaccidents. Figures released by the country's Boating Association show thatninety percent of the victims were not wearing life jackets at the time oftheir accidents. This information indicates that by wearing life jackets,boaters can reduce their risk of drowning if they are involved in a boatingaccident.
Whichof the following best supports the argument above?
A.Most of the drowning victims were not wearing lifejackets at the time of theiraccidents
B.More than ten percent of those involved in boating accidents were wearing lifejackets at the time
C.Most boating accidents do not result in drowning
D.The boating association is not funded by a company that manufactures life jackets
E.Many of the drowning victims were knocked unconscious during their accidents

daliancat

D 和A么？

evek

第一题是有答案的是B
第二题答案不确定有争议集中在A和E上

sdcar2010

If those convicted of crimes continue to be incarcerated, thiscountry’s prison population will triple by the year 2010. Therefore, it is notenough for us to search out the root cause of crime. We must find otheralternatives to the imprisonment of convicted criminals. We must reduce ourprison population

The argument above is basedupon the assumption that

A. prisons are crowded now
B.  the tripling of the prison populationin this country by the year 2010 is undesirable
C.   the feeling among U.S. citizens is thatthe prison population is too large now
D.  the prison population is controllableby the judicial system
E.   the phenomenon of prison populationgrowth is related to overall population growth

Assumption question, use negation.

If you negate B, then tripling of prison population is desirable, then the whole argument of reducing the prison population simple falls apart.  So choose B.

sdcar2010

Duringthe past five years, more than 5000 Maltanians have drowned in boatingaccidents. Figures released by the country's Boating Association show thatninety percent of the victims were not wearing life jackets at the time oftheir accidents. This information indicates that by wearing life jackets,boaters can reduce their risk of drowning if they are involved in a boatingaccident.
Whichof the following best supports the argument above?
A.Most of the drowning victims were not wearing lifejackets at the time of theiraccidents
B.More than ten percent of those involved in boating accidents were wearing lifejackets at the time
C.Most boating accidents do not result in drowning
D.The boating association is not funded by a company that manufactures life jackets
E.Many of the drowning victims were knocked unconscious during their accidents

This is a simple math problem.

Premise: 1) 90% of drowning victims are not wearing life jackets.

Conclusion: Wearing life jackets can reduce the chance of drowning.

The stimulus asks for a strengthener.

Remember those probability questions in GMAT math?  Here is a disguised one. Okay, what if 90% of all boaters are not wearing life jackets? Then statistically, you will find 90% victims wearing no life jackets. If so, the whole argument falls apart since there is no difference in terms of survival rate whether you wear a life jacket or not.

B says over 10% of those involved in boating accidents were wearing life jackets at the time. Then statistically speaking, wearing a life jacket DOES increase your chance of survival!

Choose B.