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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
I originally picked B, but now realize how stupid of an answer that was since it supports the argument.

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.....but this situation says that society (government) is convinced that there is no need of centers ....hence society now not determined to have centers....thus we dont have to pay........Hence correct answer.


Great explanation. In my head, I wasn't associating society to government. Now I know I should have and E is clearly the answer. Thanks.
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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
I thought the answer would be B. How can we expect the term "socities" to mean "governement"
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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
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If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers-and society has determined that we are-then society ought to pay for them.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above argument?

A) Drug rehabilitation centers are too expensive to be locally funded.

B) Many neighborhood groups support rehabilitation centers.

C) Drug rehabilitation centers are expensive to maintain.

D) Drug addicts may be unwilling to receive treatment.

E) A government committee has convinced many groups that local rehabilitation centers are ineffective.

I am way off in oblivion regarding this question, please help me understand the OA and the reasoning behind the answer.

Can someone explain why is option(B) wrong?if neighborhood groups support rehabilitation centers then also society need not pay for them..I thought this way...Please correct it if i am wrong..
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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
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If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers-and society has determined that we are-then society ought to pay for them.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above argument?

A) Drug rehabilitation centers are too expensive to be locally funded.

B) Many neighborhood groups support rehabilitation centers.

C) Drug rehabilitation centers are expensive to maintain.

D) Drug addicts may be unwilling to receive treatment.

E) A government committee has convinced many groups that local rehabilitation centers are ineffective.

I am way off in oblivion regarding this question, please help me understand the OA and the reasoning behind the answer.



Well this is indeed a tough question but on the other hand, answer choices A through D are just nonsense. Sometimes one has to rely on POE even though E is not 100% clear. It is just the best answer choice among the 5 of them

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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
zuberahmed wrote:
If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers-and society has determined that we are-then society ought to pay for them.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above argument?

A) Drug rehabilitation centers are too expensive to be locally funded.

B) Many neighborhood groups support rehabilitation centers.

C) Drug rehabilitation centers are expensive to maintain.

D) Drug addicts may be unwilling to receive treatment.

E) A government committee has convinced many groups that local rehabilitation centers are ineffective.

There is something wrong in this question. It could either be the OA or the entire question itself.

E -> If we consider Government Committee as Society, and the committee considers rehab centers ineffective, then E is negating a given Premise which is always a wrong option.

On the other hand, B says that Many neighborhood groups support those centers. If we consider these neighborhood groups as Society, it would mean that some portion of society is already supporting those centers and hence, the conclusion is weakened, making B the correct answer.

Please tell me whether my thought is right or not.
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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
A) Drug rehabilitation centers are too expensive to be locally funded. --> prompt doesn't tell us that it will be locally funded. Society is paying for this service - it is not specified as to whether it will be paid on a national or local level.

B) Many neighborhood groups support rehabilitation centers. --> irrelevant

C) Drug rehabilitation centers are expensive to maintain. --> we don't care that they're too expensive to maintain; that's why we're letting society pay for it as a whole

D) Drug addicts may be unwilling to receive treatment. --> don't care; this has no affect on the conclusion

E) A government committee has convinced many groups that local rehabilitation centers are ineffective. --> if the gvmt has done this, then why would society be forced to pay for it? HUGE CONTRADICTION. Thus, correct!
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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
Hello,

Can someone please explain the clear logic of why E is correct? I feel that there are many assumptions in the given explanations; furthermore, hard facts and logic would help me to understand this confusing problem.

Any insight would be great! Thank you!

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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
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Hello,

Can someone please explain the clear logic of why E is correct? I feel that there are many assumptions in the given explanations; furthermore, hard facts and logic would help me to understand this confusing problem.

Any insight would be great! Thank you!

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Hi KHow.

You ask a great question, and the answer is that this question is neither logical nor representative of how GMAT Weaken questions work.

Perhaps the clearest difference, among multiple differences, between this question and a GMAT Weaken question is that the supposedly correct answer to this question attacks a premise of the argument rather than the link between the argument's premises and the argument's conclusion, whereas in GMAT Critical Reasoning questions, the premises are considered factual, and so, the correct answer to a GMAT Weaken question will never attack a premise.

In this question, the OA, choice (E), can weaken the argument only by contradicting the premise that society agrees that drug rehabilitation centers are necessary.

So, if you want to argue about philosophy or language, there might be some reason to discuss this question. In GMAT preparation, the only function this question serves is that of a good example of what GMAT questions are not.
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Re: If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and socie [#permalink]
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If we are forced to have local drug rehabilitation centers - and society has determined that we are-then society ought to pay for them.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above argument?


A) Drug rehabilitation centers are too expensive to be locally funded.

B) Many neighborhood groups support rehabilitation centers.

C) Drug rehabilitation centers are expensive to maintain.

D) Drug addicts may be unwilling to receive treatment.

E) A government committee has convinced many groups that local rehabilitation centers are ineffective.


I am way off in oblivion regarding this question, please help me understand the OA and the reasoning behind the answer.


OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:



(E) The argument is in the form of a conditional syllogism: (1) If we must have drug rehabilitation centers, then society ought to pay for them. (2) We must have drug rehabilitation centers. (3) Society ought to pay for them. Alternative (E) falsifies the minor premise 2. Whether or not neighborhood groups support the centers (B) or drug addicts will go to them to receive treatment (D) are not relevant to the argument concerning who will pay for them. The level of government funding (A) or the amount of expense (C) are not mentioned in the passage and are not relevant to the argument. However, a government statement that local rehabilitation centers are ineffective would seriously weaken the premise upon which the argument rests.
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