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A neighborhood group plans to protest the closing of the neighborhood’
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A neighborhood group plans to protest the closing of the neighborhood’s only recreation center on the grounds that to do so would leave the neighborhood without local access to a recreation center. “Our neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city,” complained one resident, “and closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood.”
Each of the following, if true, weakens the resident’s argument EXCEPT:
(A) A large number of the neighborhood’s residents are unable to travel outside their locality to gain access to recreational facilities.
(B) Children, the main users of recreational facilities, make up a disproportionately small segment of the neighborhood’s population.
(C) Often the recreation center in the neighborhood is open but not being used.
(D) Programs that are routinely filled at other recreation centers must be canceled at the neighborhood’s recreation center due to lack of interest.
(E) As people become more involved in computers and computer games, recreation centers are becoming increasingly less important.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the resident’s argument EXCEPT:
(A) A large number of the neighborhood’s residents are unable to travel outside their locality to gain access to recreational facilities.
(B) Children, the main users of recreational facilities, make up a disproportionately small segment of the neighborhood’s population.
(C) Often the recreation center in the neighborhood is open but not being used.
(D) Programs that are routinely filled at other recreation centers must be canceled at the neighborhood’s recreation center due to lack of interest.
(E) As people become more involved in computers and computer games, recreation centers are becoming increasingly less important.
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Conclusion: Closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood.
Premise: Our neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city.
The resident concludes that closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood. His conclusion is based on the fact that their neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city.
Let's go through the answer choices and eliminate all options that weaken the argument and keep the option that strengthens the argument or is neutral to the argument.
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A neighborhood group plans to protest the closing of the neighborhood’s only recreation center on the grounds that to do so would leave the neighborhood without local access to a recreation center. “Our neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city,” complained one resident, “and closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood.”
Each of the following, if true, weakens the resident’s argument EXCEPT:
The Argument of the ResidentEach of the following, if true, weakens the resident’s argument EXCEPT:
Conclusion: Closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood.
Premise: Our neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city.
The resident concludes that closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood. His conclusion is based on the fact that their neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city.
Let's go through the answer choices and eliminate all options that weaken the argument and keep the option that strengthens the argument or is neutral to the argument.
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(A) A large number of the neighborhood’s residents are unable to travel outside their locality to gain access to recreational facilities.
This is the right answer as this option strengthens the argument above. It amplifies the concern by the resident that closing the recreational center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for the neighborhood. Quote:
(B) Children, the main users of recreational facilities, make up a disproportionately small segment of the neighborhood’s population.
Incorrect as it weakens the argument above.Quote:
(C) Often the recreation center in the neighborhood is open but not being used.
Incorrect as it weakens the argument above, thereby casting doubt on the conclusion by the neighborhood's resident.Quote:
(D) Programs that are routinely filled at other recreation centers must be canceled at the neighborhood’s recreation center due to lack of interest.
Incorrect as it casts doubt on the conclusion by the neighborhood's resident.Quote:
(E) As people become more involved in computers and computer games, recreation centers are becoming increasingly less important.
Incorrect as it rightly weakens the argument above. 
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