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Although we could replace the beautiful—but
dilapidated—old bridge across Black River with a
concrete skyway, we should instead replace it with a
cable bridge even though this would be more expensive
than building a concrete skyway. The extra cost is
clearly justified by the importance of maintaining the
beauty of our river crossing.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which
the argument depends?
(A) It is no more costly to maintain a cable bridge
than a concrete skyway.
(B) A concrete skyway would not have any practical
advantages over a cable bridge.
(C) The beauty of the river crossing must be
preserved.
(D) If the new cable bridge is built, most people
who see it will think the extra money well
spent.
(E) Building a cable bridge across Black River
would produce a more aesthetically pleasing
result than building a concrete skyway.
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
15 Mar 2011, 22:09
E ?
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
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What about C?
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15 Mar 2011, 22:26
(C) The beauty of the river crossing must be preserved. must and preserved is not required. This is outside the ballpark. vjsharma25 wrote: What about C?
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I think the reason C is wrong because this is already stated in the argument,its no assumption but a fact.
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Yeah its granted. You dont have to assume. And even it is assumed, there are no guarantees that beauty will be preserved forever. Either way its irrelevant. vjsharma25 wrote: I think the reason C is wrong because this is already stated in the argument,its no assumption but a fact.
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argument: The extra cost is clearly justified by the importance of maintaining the beauty of our river crossing. objective: So, the Cable bridge should provide more beauty than concrete skywalk. A) It is no more costly to maintain a cable bridge than a concrete skyway. -- main point is about beauty, not the money, so eliminated(B) A concrete skyway would not have any practical advantages over a cable bridge. again, its about beauty, not the advantages, eliminated(C) The beauty of the river crossing must be preserved. of course, but this is not supporting the cable bridge, eliminated(D) If the new cable bridge is built, most people who see it will think the extra money well spent. again, not about money, eliminated(E) Building a cable bridge across Black River would produce a more aesthetically pleasing result than building a concrete skyway. here says Cable bridge will be pleasing aesthetically than concrete skyway, and hence provides more beauty... So, this is the one...
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
17 Mar 2011, 11:47
E i think
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
17 Nov 2011, 00:18
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
17 Nov 2011, 00:41
E it is.
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
17 Nov 2011, 00:53
What's is the OA? Between C and E, I choose C.
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OA is E -- Its LSAT question. http://www.scribd.com/api_user_11797_hn ... AT-2004-12
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E is best here among other options
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Re: old bridge across Black River [#permalink]
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Although we could replace the beautiful—but
dilapidated—old bridge across Black River with a
concrete skyway, we should instead replace it with a
cable bridge even though this would be more expensive
than building a concrete skyway. The extra cost is
clearly justified by the importance of maintaining the
beauty of our river crossing.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which
the argument depends?
(A) It is no more costly to maintain a cable bridge
than a concrete skyway.
(B) A concrete skyway would not have any practical
advantages over a cable bridge.
(C) The beauty of the river crossing must be
preserved.
(D) If the new cable bridge is built, most people
who see it will think the extra money well
spent.
(E) Building a cable bridge across Black River
would produce a more aesthetically pleasing
result than building a concrete skyway. The bold part is the conclusion. Negating E, weaken the Bold Part. But negation doesn't work for C
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