During the 1980s and 1990s, the annual number of people who

+C.

E is out because it is mentioned in the argument that number of avalanche is same in the area.

Hence its the prior weather knowledge that has saved people from the avalanche and hence reducing the number of people caught in such accidents. .

VeritasKarishma

Can u explain option E?
Is it incorrect because it's already mentioned in passage that there was no reduction no. of avalanches .

Thank you VeritasKarishma
Although I use POE to eliminate choice B,D and E, I couldn't agree more about your explanation.



There is no mention in the argument about layer of snow. Out of scope.


A few buildings can generate more people. Out of scope.


Many people will go to some resorts in the way to avalanches. Interesting!!!


The length is not related in the argument. Out of scope.


The wooded areas are not related in the passage.

Answer C

Please suggest me if you have any ideas.

I am assuming in the highlighted portion you mean "out of the way of avalanches".Using science, they know where avalanches are expected so obviously, they are building resorts at other places which are safe.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the annual number of people who visited the Sordellian Mountains increased continually, and many new ski resorts were built. Over the same period, however, the number of visitors to ski resorts who were caught in avalanches decreased, even though there was no reduction in the annual number of avalanches in the Sordellian Mountains.

Which of the following, if true in the Sordellian Mountains during the 1980s and 1990s, most helps to explain the decrease?

(A) Avalanches were most likely to happen when a large new snowfall covered an older layer of snow. X
-needless supplemental information
(B) Avalanches destroyed at least some buildings in the Sordellian Mountains in every year. X
-surely this happened…but this doesn’t address why the number of visitors who were caught decreased
(C) People planning new ski slopes and other resort facilities used increasingly accurate information about which locations are likely to be in the path of avalanches.
-Correct, despite the constant rate of occurrence of avalanches and increased foot traffic, we understand now that fewer people got into accidents because they were able to avoid the avalanches via planning
(D) The average length of stay for people visiting the Sordellian Mountains increased slightly. X
-arguably gives us reason to think more people would be caught in the snow
(E) Construction of new ski resorts often led to the clearing of wooded areas that had helped to prevent avalanches. X
-potentially attacks the premise…we know avalanches occurred at a constant rate

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