112.The average hourly wage of television assemblers in Vernland has long been sign if i cantly lower than that in neigh boring Borodia. Since Borodia dropped all tariffson Vernland iantelevisions three years ago, the number of televisionssoldannuallyinBorodiahasnotchanged.However,recentstatisticsshowadropinthenumberof televisionassemblersinBorodia.Therefore,updatedtradestatisticswillprobablyindicatethatthenumberof televisionsBorodiaimportsannuallyfromVernlandhasincreased.
Whichofthefollowingisanassumptiononwhichtheargumentdepends?
(A)ThenumberoftelevisionassemblersinVernlandhasincreasedbyatleastasmuchasthenumberof televisionassemblersinBorodiahasdecreased.
(B)TelevisionsassembledinVernlandhavefeaturesthattelevisionsassembledinBorodiadonothave.
(C)TheaveragenumberofhoursittakesaBorodiantelevisionassemblertoassembleatelevisionhasnot decreasedsignificantlyduringthepastthreeyears.
(D)ThenumberoftelevisionsassembledannuallyinVernlandhasincreasedsignificantlyduringthepast threeyears.
(E)ThedifferencebetweenthehourlywageoftelevisionassemblersinVernlandandthehourlywageof televisionassemblersinBorodiaislikelytodecreaseinthenextfewyears |