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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   20 Feb 2013, 02:36
Because city council members in small towns are intimately acquainted with the public they serve, they clearly have a more difficult job than city council members in larger cities.

The conclusion above rests on which of the following assumptions?

Working directly with members of the public is the one of the most challenging aspects of serving on a city council - Provides the parameter for considering a job tough.

Managing the affairs of a large city requires a more significant time commitment than working directly with the public - If true, would negate the sentence.

City council members in small towns are often related to a certain percentage of the population, making them intimately acquainted with the people they serve - Solves no purpose, this should make the city council people work easier.

Residents of small towns often attend city council meetings to present their concerns - Solves no purpose.

City council members in large cities rarely engage the public directly. - Doesn't help in determining why the job of small town city council is tougher.





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Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   24 Feb 2013, 06:31
Because city council members in small towns are intimately acquainted with the public they serve, they clearly have a more difficult job than city council members in larger cities.

The conclusion above rests on which of the following assumptions?
Working directly with members of the public is the one of the most challenging aspects of serving on a city council.
Managing the affairs of a large city requires a more significant time commitment than working directly with the public.
City council members in small towns are often related to a certain percentage of the population, making them intimately acquainted with the people they serve.
Residents of small towns often attend city council meetings to present their concerns.
City council members in large cities rarely engage the public directly.


what should be the answer to the above question and how to approach this ?

OA after some discussion
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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   24 Feb 2013, 07:26
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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   06 Apr 2013, 01:40
Almost all of above posts support A...quite surprising!!
A tells: A is doing a X work , clearly A works more than B-> assumption X is most challenging work.
I am not able to digest it.... :stupid
rather I assume that B does hardly do this kind of work.
my take is E.

please help me to clear cobwebs from my mind....
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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   06 Apr 2013, 18:34
Most conspicuous link between the conclusion and assumption in option A can be found with the keywords "difficult" (in conclusion) and "challenging" (in option A).
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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2013, 15:25
Archit143 wrote:
Because city council members in small towns are intimately acquainted with the public they serve, they clearly have a more difficult job than city council members in larger cities.

The conclusion above rests on which of the following assumptions?

Working directly with members of the public is the one of the most challenging aspects of serving on a city council.
Managing the affairs of a large city requires a more significant time commitment than working directly with the public.
City council members in small towns are often related to a certain percentage of the population, making them intimately acquainted with the people they serve.
Residents of small towns often attend city council meetings to present their concerns.
City council members in large cities rarely engage the public directly.


Consider Kudos, If my post helps!!!!

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I picked A.option a fulfills the gap.......
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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2013, 04:46
Rock750 wrote:
BTW great great one !!! I'm still considering option E as well :?

Thanks Archit143 !

+1 for u



I agrre with you. Totally.

The problem with E is that it adresses hal of the story. If we have P - A - C.......E stays more than A towards C. Instead A stays perfectly in the middle between P and C. you know what I mean ??

:)

However rock look at what Ian Stewart pointed out before ;) It's crucial
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Re: Because city council members in small towns are intimately [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2013, 04:58
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Rock750 wrote:
BTW great great one !!! I'm still considering option E as well :?

Thanks Archit143 !

+1 for u



I agrre with you. Totally.

The problem with E is that it adresses hal of the story. If we have P - A - C.......E stays more than A towards C. Instead A stays perfectly in the middle between P and C. you know what I mean ??

:)

However rock look at what Ian Stewart pointed out before ;) It's crucial


Yup, i think i get you option A is the assumption that fills the gap bewtween the P and the C whereas E is like what u said would stay more than A toward C if we had P-A-C ; i don't think i read what Ian Stewart said but i'll give it a look right now
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