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A recreational airplane manufacturer's advertisement states, [#permalink] New post 26 Jan 2013, 15:33
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A recreational airplane manufacturer's advertisement states, "The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports that the AZ121 aircraft has the fewest fatalities per crash landing of any aircraft in its class." The advertisement goes on to claim that the AZ121 is one of the safest planes available today.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the advertisement?

THE NTSB listed many planes in other classes that had more fatalities per crash landing than did the AZ121.

Despite its popularity, the AZ121 is a relatively new aircraft, only having been sold on the market for two years.

Recreational aircraft are more likely to be involved in crash landings than are other types of airplanes.

The rate of fatalities per crash landing of the AZ121 is more than five times lower than the next highest rate of fatalities per crash landing in its class.

The NTSB issues its safety reports on a monthly basis.
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Re: A Recreation Airplane.... [#permalink] New post 26 Jan 2013, 17:58
Logical leap of faith.

The plane is the safest in its class, so it must be the safest in all classes of planes.

Lets assume that the class that this plane pertains to is also the safest class.

C weakens the assumption, because C states that the class that the plane pertains to is not the safest one.
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Re: A Recreation Airplane.... [#permalink] New post 26 Jan 2013, 18:09
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Please explain your answer....

A recreational airplane manufacturer's advertisement states, "The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports that the AZ121 aircraft has the fewest fatalities per crash landing of any aircraft in its class." The advertisement goes on to claim that the AZ121 is one of the safest planes available today.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the advertisement?

THE NTSB listed many planes in other classes that had more fatalities per crash landing than did the AZ121.

Despite its popularity, the AZ121 is a relatively new aircraft, only having been sold on the market for two years.

Recreational aircraft are more likely to be involved in crash landings than are other types of airplanes.

The rate of fatalities per crash landing of the AZ121 is more than five times lower than the next highest rate of fatalities per crash landing in its class.

The NTSB issues its safety reports on a monthly basis.


Premise : the recreational AZ121 aircraft has the fewest fatalities per crash landing of any aircraft in its class.
Conclusion : the AZ121 is one of the safest planes available today.
Only C weakens properly the argument since it assimilates recreational aircraft as dangerous aircraft and Thus, makes the argument weak.
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