(48) McBride: The proposed new fuel efficiency standards, if implemented, will discourage the manufacture of full-size cars. This prospect is troubling because when a subcompact and a full-size car collide, the people in the subcompact are more likely to be seriously injured than if theirs had also been a full-size car. The new fuel efficiency standards should therefore be opposed.

Leggett: But whenever any two cars collide, it is more likely that someone will be seriously injured if one of the cars is a full-size car than if neither of the cars is full-size. Thus, the new fuel efficiency standard should be supported precisely because they discourage the manufacture of full-size cars.

McBride’s and Leggett’s statements commit them to disagreeing about the truth of which one of the following?

a.The manufacture of full-size cars should be discouraged.

b. Fuel conservation is less important than safety in the event of a collision.

c. When a full-size car and a subcompact car collide, the occupants of the full-size car are less likely than the occupants of the subcompact car to the seriously injured.


d. Reducing the number of full-size cars on the highway will reduce the frequency of collisions between automobiles.

e. The new fuel-efficiency standards will encourage automobile manufacturers to build more subcompact cars.


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YOU CAN, IF YOU THINK YOU CAN

IMO B.

As they have their disagreement on the issue of safety vs fuel efficiency.

I must admit the argument is not that difficult to comprehen its the stem and strong paraphrase of the answers that is making it more difficult.

Ok , I do not know whether my answer is right or wrong , but i will analyse the argument.

Argument says that manufacture of the full size cars are deemed to decline because of the new fuel efficiency regulations. Than, two persons discuss the implication of this law with respect to the safety of the passengers.
Mac says the full size cars help the passengers to protect them from accident involving sub compact and full size cars.
Legett says Its the full size cars that is responsible for the accident

Mac commits himself to the fact that full size cars are not a threat for the safety of its own passengers, infact it helps them. But it nowhere commits that it is dangerous for the passengers of the other cars.

Legget commits himself to the fact that full size cars are the cause for the accidents.

But both does not seem to discuss about the central issue ie decrease in the manufacture of full size cars with the reduction in fuel efficiency.
I did not find any answer to be close but ended up selecting E

Consider Kudos if my post helps!!!

Archit

Leggett: But whenever any two cars collide, it is more likely that someone will be seriously injured if one of the cars is a full-size car than if neither of the cars is full-size. Thus, the new fuel efficiency standard should be supported precisely because they discourage the manufacture of full-size cars.
The highlighted part means that legget agrees to the fact that Manufacturers of full sized cars should be discouraged and hence disagrees to the fact that manufacturers of the full sized cars be encouraged..In other words it is polar opposite of OptionA , hence pls explain how A can be the right answer.

Archit

Dear Archit,

We are looking exactly for what they disagree upon and they disagree upon whether the manufacture of full size cars should be discouraged or not.
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Hi Sarvana
Legget disagrees upon the fact that Full sized cars manufacturers be encouraged
Mcbirdie agrees that manufacturers be encouraged ie..he disagrees that manufacturers be discouraged ....what option A says...Hence A cannot be the right answer as it is exactly what Mcbirdie disagree upon......but it is opposit of what legget disagrees upon.
...so how can the answer be A

Archit

Amazing question. Do you think it is 700 lvl one?