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A city council member standing for re-election has been asked to rate how much she agrees or disagrees that various cultural establishments should receive more city funding. Expressing her overall views regarding budgeting priorities, she answers “Absolutely agree” for the art museum, “Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater, “Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society, “Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra, and “Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet.
Suppose that the city council member’s responses reflect genuine opinions that are logically consistent with her other opinions, and suppose that she believes that funding for any one of the institutions does not affect funding for any of the others. In the first column of the table, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At least two of the five institutions should receive more funding. In the second column, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At most four of the five institutions should receive more funding. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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A city council member standing for re-election has been asked to rate how much she agrees or disagrees that various cultural establishments should receive more city funding. Expressing her overall views regarding budgeting priorities, she answers “Absolutely agree” for the art museum, “Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater, “Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society, “Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra, and “Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet.
Suppose that the city council member’s responses reflect genuine opinions that are logically consistent with her other opinions, and suppose that she believes that funding for any one of the institutions does not affect funding for any of the others. In the first column of the table, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At least two of the five institutions should receive more funding. In the second column, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At most four of the five institutions should receive more funding. Make only two selections, one in each column.
| At least two | At most four | |
| Absolutely agrees | ||
| Somewhat agrees | ||
| Neither agrees nor disagrees | ||
| Somewhat disagrees | ||
| Absolutely disagrees |
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At least two: Somewhat agrees
At most four: Absolutely agrees
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A city council member standing for re-election has been asked to rate how much she agrees or disagrees that various cultural establishments should receive more city funding. Expressing her overall views regarding budgeting priorities, she answers “Absolutely agree” for the art museum, “Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater, “Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society, “Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra, and “Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet.
The passage provides information on the council member's opinions regarding more city funding for five establishments. Her five opinions are the following:
“Absolutely agree” for the art museum
"Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater
"Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society
"Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra
“Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet
Suppose that the city council member’s responses reflect genuine opinions that are logically consistent with her other opinions, and suppose that she believes that funding for any one of the institutions does not affect funding for any of the others. In the first column of the table, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At least two of the five institutions should receive more funding. In the second column, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At most four of the five institutions should receive more funding. Make only two selections, one in each column.
At least two
Looking over her opinions, we see that, for the following institutions, she expresses at least some agreement that they should receive more funding:
“Absolutely agree” for the art museum
"Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater
"Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra
At the same time, she doesn't "Absolutely agree" that "at least two" should receive more funding. She absolutely agrees that one should get more funding, but if we want her opinion on "at least two," we can't say that she absolute agrees because, for the second and third institutions, she only somewhat agrees that they should receive more funding.
So, she does agree that at least two should receive more funding, but she only somewhat agrees.
Choose Somewhat agrees.
At most four
Looking at her opinions again we see that she is OK with four of the institutions geting more funding.
“Absolutely agree” for the art museum
"Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater
"Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society
"Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra
Regarding the last institution, she absolutely disagrees that it should get funding.
“Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet
The fact that she absolutely disagrees that one out of five should get more funding means that she absolutely agrees that no more than four should get more funding, meaning "at most four" should get more funding.
Select Absolutely agrees.
Correct answer: Somewhat agrees, Absolutely agrees
The passage provides information on the council member's opinions regarding more city funding for five establishments. Her five opinions are the following:
“Absolutely agree” for the art museum
"Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater
"Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society
"Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra
“Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet
Suppose that the city council member’s responses reflect genuine opinions that are logically consistent with her other opinions, and suppose that she believes that funding for any one of the institutions does not affect funding for any of the others. In the first column of the table, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At least two of the five institutions should receive more funding. In the second column, rate how much she most clearly agrees that At most four of the five institutions should receive more funding. Make only two selections, one in each column.
At least two
Looking over her opinions, we see that, for the following institutions, she expresses at least some agreement that they should receive more funding:
“Absolutely agree” for the art museum
"Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater
"Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra
At the same time, she doesn't "Absolutely agree" that "at least two" should receive more funding. She absolutely agrees that one should get more funding, but if we want her opinion on "at least two," we can't say that she absolute agrees because, for the second and third institutions, she only somewhat agrees that they should receive more funding.
So, she does agree that at least two should receive more funding, but she only somewhat agrees.
Choose Somewhat agrees.
At most four
Looking at her opinions again we see that she is OK with four of the institutions geting more funding.
“Absolutely agree” for the art museum
"Somewhat agree” for the children’s theater
"Neither agree nor disagree” for the historical society
"Somewhat disagree” for the symphony orchestra
Regarding the last institution, she absolutely disagrees that it should get funding.
“Absolutely disagree” for the metropolitan ballet
The fact that she absolutely disagrees that one out of five should get more funding means that she absolutely agrees that no more than four should get more funding, meaning "at most four" should get more funding.
Select Absolutely agrees.
Correct answer: Somewhat agrees, Absolutely agrees
