NandishSS wrote:
Rail Executive: Last year we discontinued our Somerton train service because low ridership caused total fares collected to be substantially lower than the cost of operating the service. However, the number of people living in communities near the Somerton train line has increased significantly this year. Therefore, potential ridership must also have increased, and so there is a good chance that restoring the Somerton train service this year would not result in serious deficits.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the rail executive's argument?
A)Once rail service along a given route has been discontinued, there are substantial start-up costs associated with restoring service along that route.
B)Most potential Somerton riders are unwilling to pay more for the train service than riders paid last year.
C)Very few of the Somerton line's former daily commuters find the means of transportation that they now use as satisfactory as the train service had been.
D)After the train service was discontinued last year, several stores and factories in Somerton went out of business and their properties have remained vacant.
E)Several retail businesses that once each had a single store, located in the Somerton business district near the train station,now also have branches that are conveniently located in communities near Somerton
Please explain your line of reasoning and get KUDOS
We have to find something that strengths that restoring the Somerton train service would not result in any deficits.
A)Once rail service along a given route has been discontinued, there are substantial start-up costs associated with restoring service along that route.
--> Irrelevant. No relation to the conclusion.B)Most potential Somerton riders are unwilling to pay more for the train service than riders paid last year.
--> The argument never states that the train charges would be more than it was last year. Irrelevant.C)Very few of the Somerton line's former daily commuters find the means of transportation that they now use as satisfactory as the train service had been.
--> If only few commuters ate satisfied with the current commuting means, it implies they may be willing to use the train again to commute. Hence, strengths the argument.D)After the train service was discontinued last year, several stores and factories in Somerton went out of business and their properties have remained vacant.
--. No reason to why restoring the trains would not have negative impact.E)Several retail businesses that once each had a single store, located in the Somerton business district near the train station,now also have branches that are conveniently located in communities near Somerton
--.> Weaken the conclusion by stating that people might not need to commute to get to their job locations/shopping stores. _________________
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