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Samuel is obviously a bad fisherman. During the past season, [#permalink]
 08 Feb 2013, 11:34
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Samuel is obviously a bad fisherman. During the past season, in which he and the five members of his team spent four months on a boat together off Dutch Harbor, AK, he caught fewer fish than any of his teammates. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument above? A) Two seasons ago, Samuel fished on another boat off Dutch Harbor and caught more fish than any other member of that boat. B) Before becoming a fisherman, Samuel piloted a fishing boat whose members regularly caught record numbers of fish. C) While fishing this past season, Samuel fell sick for a week and did not catch any fish during this time. D) Unlike the other fishermen on his boat, at the order of the captain, Samuel fished this past season with experimental bait. E) Amongst the fishing community in Dutch Harbor, Samuel has a reputation for being an especially bad fisherman. Edit: by carcass
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CharuKapoor wrote: Samuel is obviously a bad fisherman. During the past season, in which he and the five members of his team spent four months on a boat together off Dutch Harbor, AK, he caught fewer fish than any of his teammates.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument above?
A) Two seasons ago, Samuel fished on another boat off Dutch Harbor and caught more fish than any other member of that boat.
B) Before becoming a fisherman, Samuel piloted a fishing boat whose members regularly caught record numbers of fish.
C) While fishing this past season, Samuel fell sick for a week and did not catch any fish during this time.
D) Unlike the other fishermen on his boat, at the order of the captain, Samuel fished this past season with experimental bait.
E) Amongst the fishing community in Dutch Harbor, Samuel has a reputation for being an especially bad fisherman. Since you are supposed to find the choice that weakens the argument that says that Samuel is a bad fisherman, find for something that can claim to be a difference maker between Samuel and other fishermen. C and D come as top contenders but since one week is quite short of a time, so D is probably the answer. Regards
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+1 for D Premise : Samuel caught fewer fish than any of his teammates during the past season. Conclusion : Samuel is a bad fisherman. D states clearly that Samuel had to use an experimental bait the past season unlike his teammates. Thus, in one hand , this explains why he caught fewer fish than his teammates due probably to the use of the experimental bait and in the other hand that Samuel is not a bad fisherman. So D weakens the argument properly. C states that Samuel felt sick during one week ( this could weakens the argument if the time taken in the past season were a week but nothing in the argument said that)
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Marcab wrote: CharuKapoor wrote: Samuel is obviously a bad fisherman. During the past season, in which he and the five members of his team spent four months on a boat together off Dutch Harbor, AK, he caught fewer fish than any of his teammates.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument above?
A) Two seasons ago, Samuel fished on another boat off Dutch Harbor and caught more fish than any other member of that boat.
B) Before becoming a fisherman, Samuel piloted a fishing boat whose members regularly caught record numbers of fish.
C) While fishing this past season, Samuel fell sick for a week and did not catch any fish during this time.
D) Unlike the other fishermen on his boat, at the order of the captain, Samuel fished this past season with experimental bait.
E) Amongst the fishing community in Dutch Harbor, Samuel has a reputation for being an especially bad fisherman. Since you are supposed to find the choice that weakens the argument that says that Samuel is a bad fisherman, find for something that can claim to be a difference maker between Samuel and other fishermen. C and D come as top contenders but since one week is quite short of a time, so D is probably the answer. Regards D must be the answer. is the only answer that introduce a good reason that explains why he had a poor fishing C saya he was sick for a week but the period of fishing was long 4 months.
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I was debating between C and D, and ultimately picked C.
C-was unable to fish for 1 week.
D-used experimental bait. You have to assume that the experimental bait was worse than the original bait.
Does someone have the official answer?
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