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Community Organizations wanting to enhance support for higher education programs need to convince the public that such programs benefit society as a whole. Taking this approach makes the public more receptive. It is much easier, for example, to get the public to support road building, which is seen as benefiting everyone, than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a relatively small segment of society.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Community organization seeking to encourage higher education programs must persuade the publics that these programs benefit society as a whole
(B) It is easier to the public to support programs that are seen as benefiting everyone than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a small segment of society
(C) It is easy to get the public to support road building, because road building is seen as benefiting society as a whole
(D) Convincing the public that higher education programs will benefit society as a whole makes the public more receptive to those programs
(E) Higher education is similar to road building in that both are beneficial to society as a whole
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Community organization seeking to encourage higher education programs must persuade the publics that these programs benefit society as a whole
(B) It is easier to the public to support programs that are seen as benefiting everyone than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a small segment of society
(C) It is easy to get the public to support road building, because road building is seen as benefiting society as a whole
(D) Convincing the public that higher education programs will benefit society as a whole makes the public more receptive to those programs
(E) Higher education is similar to road building in that both are beneficial to society as a whole
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Community Organizations wanting to enhance support for higher education programs need to convince the public that such programs benefit society as a whole. Taking this approach makes the public more receptive. It is much easier, for example, to get the public to support road building, which is seen as benefiting everyone, than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a relatively small segment of society.
P: Taking this approach makes the public more receptive.
P: It is much easier, for example, to get the public to support road building, which is seen as benefiting everyone, than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a relatively small segment of society.
C: Community Organizations wanting to enhance support for higher education programs need to convince the public that such programs benefit society as a whole.
For anyone confused, you should map this out and use the "because-therefore" method. The because is the premise, and the conclusion is the therefore; stick the because and the therefore in front of each statement and see which one makes the most sense, ie. which one supports the other (Because X therefore Y, or Because Y therefore X). Conversely, if you read a statement and have to ask yourself "why?", that is probably your conclusion.
The argument asks us for the conclusion, which we have already described above. All we have to do is figure out which answer choice states the same thing.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Community organization seeking to encourage higher education programs must persuade the publics that these programs benefit society as a whole -- Perfect. We are saying in our conclusion that the community organizers need to do this, and the answer choice spells it out for us. It is almost word for word what our conclusion says, so this is it.
(B) It is easier to the public to support programs that are seen as benefiting everyone than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a small segment of society -- We do not care about what is easier to do. This is a premise, which isn't our conclusion.
(C) It is easy to get the public to support road building, because road building is seen as benefiting society as a whole -- This is just stating one of our premises, which doesn't answer what our conclusion is. Out.
(D) Convincing the public that higher education programs will benefit society as a whole makes the public more receptive to those programs -- Same as (B) and (C), this is just stating one of our premises. We do not care that this statement is factual. We want to know what our conclusion is, and this isn't it.
(E) Higher education is similar to road building in that both are beneficial to society as a whole -- We don't care about the comparison being made. This is just a nonsensical time waster. Is our goal to make higher education seem beneficial to society as a whole? Yes. But our conclusion isn't that the two ideas are similar. In fact, we are told the opposite above.
P: Taking this approach makes the public more receptive.
P: It is much easier, for example, to get the public to support road building, which is seen as benefiting everyone, than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a relatively small segment of society.
C: Community Organizations wanting to enhance support for higher education programs need to convince the public that such programs benefit society as a whole.
For anyone confused, you should map this out and use the "because-therefore" method. The because is the premise, and the conclusion is the therefore; stick the because and the therefore in front of each statement and see which one makes the most sense, ie. which one supports the other (Because X therefore Y, or Because Y therefore X). Conversely, if you read a statement and have to ask yourself "why?", that is probably your conclusion.
The argument asks us for the conclusion, which we have already described above. All we have to do is figure out which answer choice states the same thing.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Community organization seeking to encourage higher education programs must persuade the publics that these programs benefit society as a whole -- Perfect. We are saying in our conclusion that the community organizers need to do this, and the answer choice spells it out for us. It is almost word for word what our conclusion says, so this is it.
(B) It is easier to the public to support programs that are seen as benefiting everyone than it is to get them to support programs that are seen as benefiting only a small segment of society -- We do not care about what is easier to do. This is a premise, which isn't our conclusion.
(C) It is easy to get the public to support road building, because road building is seen as benefiting society as a whole -- This is just stating one of our premises, which doesn't answer what our conclusion is. Out.
(D) Convincing the public that higher education programs will benefit society as a whole makes the public more receptive to those programs -- Same as (B) and (C), this is just stating one of our premises. We do not care that this statement is factual. We want to know what our conclusion is, and this isn't it.
(E) Higher education is similar to road building in that both are beneficial to society as a whole -- We don't care about the comparison being made. This is just a nonsensical time waster. Is our goal to make higher education seem beneficial to society as a whole? Yes. But our conclusion isn't that the two ideas are similar. In fact, we are told the opposite above.
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nightblade354
The highlighted portion was the very reason for the elimination of this option.
I was torn between A and D and chose latter. A looked too obvious while D looked supporting(expressing) the argument, in a conclusion.
Only now i see that D isn't about conclusion.
