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Re: CR-carpal tunnel syndrome [#permalink]
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D. Negating the assumption should make the conclusion in valid. The conclusion is that by legally prohibiting minors to buy video games will help in curbing this condition. Option d states that minors can get video games by ther parents getting it for them. Posted from my mobile device 
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Re: CR-carpal tunnel syndrome [#permalink]
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adhithya wrote: hi guys had a doubt in this question
the author says that federal legislation would be helpful in curbing the problem,so one of his assumptions is that the legislation might be passed,thatis even the federal legislators would agree with his opinion on video games,so why cant (A) be a plausible option Further to mailnavin1's point, an assumption supports the conclusion. The conclusion here is "A law that prohibits sale of video games to minors would help curb this condition" i.e. a law would help. If you want to negate this conclusion, you will say, "a law will not help." You will not say, "Such a law cannot be passed." So this conclusion does not depend on whether the law will be passed. The author just says that if the law is passed, it will help. He assumes that a law will work because adults will not buy the games for minors.
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Re: CR-carpal tunnel syndrome [#permalink]
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@mailnavin,@karishma,thanks a lot for the great expln
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Re: CR-carpal tunnel syndrome [#permalink]
17 Jan 2011, 23:36
A and B don't even relate to the question too well. That pretty much narrows the choices to C, D and E.
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
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I did not even read the option D completely....made it out of scope since Parents are coming into the discussion. Chose option C. On a second look, i realized that D is correct.
Lesson learnt : Read all options carefully. When you hit an interesting contender early on, you will start ignoring other options, coz of your bias towards an option and your brain asking you to rush to beat the time. Never ignore any option without completely reading it. I tell this to myself everytime, but somehow fall into the same trap again and again.
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
12 Dec 2011, 20:53
this has been discussed in another thread too, OA is D
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
23 Jan 2012, 07:26
I got C.
(C) Playing video games is the only way an adolescent can develop carpal tunnel syndrome.
conclusion: Federal legislation that prohibits the sale of video games to minors would help curb this painful wrist condition among adolescents.
Negating,
(C) Playing video games is NOT NECESSARILY the only way an adolescent can develop carpal tunnel syndrome. If one says this, then there are ways other than playing videogames because of which an adolescent can develop CTS. This means that even when the Fed. legislation is passes, minor will still suffer from CTS because of other ways to get it.
Hence, Fed. Legislation would not help curb CTS among adolescents.
Is my reasoning right?
Pl correct if wrong.
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
23 Jan 2012, 08:32
D for me
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
23 Jan 2012, 10:39
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If playing is not the only way to get desise but one of the ways government still helps to decrease desise by eliminating one way to get desise
so clear D
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
07 Dec 2012, 06:40
D it is. I think this is a slightly modified version of the Official Q.
The other aliases of answer could be
"Children buy the games themselves"
"No other mode is present for the children to get the games"
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
07 Dec 2012, 06:45
(A) At first I thought this was too far reaching...but it seems like a plausible assumption. I kept this open until I got to D.
(B) Irrelevant. The premise states that kids who play video games are more likely to suffer from CTS than kids who don't. The conclusion is focusing on reducing the likelihood that those kids who do play and do suffer will not be able to acquire the games.
(C) Too far reaching.
(D) This takes into account that kids will not be able to circumvent the new legislation by having their parents purchase games for them. As a result kids will not be playing video games.
(E) Irrelevant.
I did choose D initially, however now that I'm looking back on the choices I feel that A might be suitable too.
Thanks.
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
07 Dec 2012, 08:46
If minors can't buy games they will rely on non-minors to purchase it for them. If most parents refuse to purchase video games then CTS will be curbed among adolescents. CORRECT Very intelligent question...where we need to infer from the given facts...!! Kudos!!
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Re: Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games [#permalink]
07 Dec 2012, 10:43
Video game players are 3 times more likely to develop carpal tunnel symdrome than those who do not.
Prohibiting sale of video games to MINORS would help to curb carpal tunnel syndrom.
playing video games --> Carpal syndrome
Prohibiting the sale --> NO carpal syndrome ==> Video games are not played.
Successful Legislation prohibits sale games only to adolescents. It means that they don't get games by any other way.. i.e. purchased by someone else.
So, Matching answer to this logic is (D).
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