broall wrote:
City Council Member: There has been a disturbing new crime trend occurring in our city. Members of criminal gangs are making calls from public phones to report serious crimes that are not really occurring but must be responded to by police. The gang members take advantage of this by then committing crimes in areas that the police cannot get to quickly because they are busy responding to the fake calls. To eliminate this problem, the city should remove all public phones, so gang members are not able to make these fake calls.
Citizen: While removing public phones would indeed solve this one crime problem, it will introduce many others. What about all the crimes actually occurring that are reported from public phones?
Which of the following, if true, best supports the claim that the city council member’s proposal will eliminate the problem?
A. A majority of calls made from public phones to report crimes are fake calls made by gang members.
B. Almost all citizens in the city have a cell phone or immediate access to a private phone.
C. The police department is able to identify the owner of any private telephone used to call in and report a crime.
D. Public phones cost the city almost $2 million to maintain annually, money that could be used to increase the police budget.
E. Several parts of the city in which crimes routinely occur do not have reliable signals for cell phone usage.
HI...
One can go wrong if we dont clearly understand what is being asked..
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the claim that the city council member’s proposal will eliminate the problem
so the FAKE calls have to go down.
A. A majority of calls made from public phones to report crimes are fake calls made by gang members.
yes, some fake calls will go down. BUT this is not same as the majority of fake calls are from public phones
EliminateB. Almost all citizens in the city have a cell phone or immediate access to a private phone.
This WEAKENS the citizen's view/reasoning BUT does not effect the proposalC. The police department is able to identify the owner of any private telephone used to call in and report a crime.
CORRECT.
with PUBLIC phones out, fake calls can be made from PRIVATE phones BUT if these are traceable, the calls are no more FAKED. Public phones cost the city almost $2 million to maintain annually, money that could be used to increase the police budget.
Does not effect the proposalE. Several parts of the city in which crimes routinely occur do not have reliable signals for cell phone usage
It weakens the City councils reasoning but does not support his proposalC