vermatanya wrote:
Installing scrubbers in smokestacks and switching to cleaner-burning fuel are the two methods available to Northern Power for reducing harmful emissions from its plants. Scrubbers will reduce harmful emissions more than cleaner-burning fuels will. Therefore, by installing scrubbers, Northern Power will be doing the most that can be done to reduce harmful emissions from its plants.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A)Switching to cleaner-burning fuel will not be more expensive than installing scrubbers.
(B)Northern Power can choose from among various Kinds of scrubbers, some of which are more effective than others.
(C)Northern Power is not necessarily committed to reducing harmful emissions from its plants.
(D)Harmful emissions from Northern Power's plants cannot be reduced more by using both methods together than by the installation of scrubbers alone.
(E)Aside from harmful emissions from the smokestacks of its plants, the activities of Northern Power do not cause significant air pollution
Conclusion: by installing scrubbers, Northern Power will be doing the most that can be done to reduce harmful emissions from its plants
premise: Scrubbers will reduce harmfull emission more than cleaner-burning fuels will.
Assumption: 1) Cleaner fuel will not reduce the harmful emission as Scrubbers
2) Installing scrubbers is the only way for Northern power to reduce the emission and they dont have any other way to reduce.
(A)Switching to cleaner-burning fuel will not be more expensive than installing scrubbers.
- Out of scope - Expensive is not in play now(B)Northern Power can choose from among various Kinds of scrubbers, some of which are more effective than others.
- Out of scope - Various kind of scrubbers is not an issue(C)Northern Power is not necessarily committed to reducing harmful emissions from its plants.
- Breaks the conclusion directly(D)Harmful emissions from Northern Power's plants cannot be reduced more by using both methods together than by the installation of scrubbers alone.
- seems to be more in align with our assumption 2. Negating this choice breaks the conclusion.(E)Aside from harmful emissions from the smokestacks of its plants, the activities of Northern Power do not cause significant air pollution
- Irrelevant to our conclusionPress kudos if this helped.
Regards,
Swami.