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Contrary to recent speculations, no hardware store will be opening in the shopping plaza. If somebody were going to open a store there, they would already have started publicizing it. But there has been no such publicity.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Some people have surmised that a hardware store will be opening in the shopping plaza.
(B) A hardware store will not be opening in the shopping plaza.
(C) If somebody were going to open a hardware store in the shopping plaza, that person would already have started publicizing it.
(D) It would be unwise to open a hardware store in the shopping plaza.
(E) There has been no publicity concerning the opening of a hardware store in the shopping plaza.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Some people have surmised that a hardware store will be opening in the shopping plaza.
(B) A hardware store will not be opening in the shopping plaza.
(C) If somebody were going to open a hardware store in the shopping plaza, that person would already have started publicizing it.
(D) It would be unwise to open a hardware store in the shopping plaza.
(E) There has been no publicity concerning the opening of a hardware store in the shopping plaza.
23 Dec 2019, 06:07
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We need to find conclusion of the stem -
Contrary to recent speculations, no hardware store will be opening in the shopping plaza. If somebody were going to open a store there, they would already have started publicizing it. But there has been no such publicity.
(A) Some people have surmised that a hardware store will be opening in the shopping plaza.
Premise of the stem that there has been some speculations about opening of the hardware store - not a conclusion.
(B) A hardware store will not be opening in the shopping plaza.
Looks like a conclusion of the stem - No hardware store opening in the plaza.
(C) If somebody were going to open a hardware store in the shopping plaza, that person would already have started publicizing it.
Again this one is part of premise and an assumption based in the stem. In other word - this is just a shorten version of whole argument not the conclusion only.
(D) It would be unwise to open a hardware store in the shopping plaza.
Out of scope.
(E) There has been no publicity concerning the opening of a hardware store in the shopping plaza.
Again part of premise of the stem - not the conclusion.
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Deconstructing the Argument:
To find the conclusion, we need to distinguish between what the author is claiming and the evidence used to support that claim.
1. Statement: "No hardware store will be opening in the shopping plaza."
(This is the author's main prediction/claim).
2. Premise (Rule): If a store were opening, they would have started publicizing it.
3. Premise (Fact): There has been no such publicity.
The structure is: Because there is no publicity (Premise), no store will open (Conclusion). The phrase "Contrary to recent speculations" is a classic indicator that the author is about to state their main conclusion.
Analysis of the Options:
(A) Incorrect. This refers to the "recent speculations" mentioned in the background information. The author mentions this only to refute it.
(B) Correct. This accurately restates the first sentence of the passage, which is the main point the author is trying to prove using the evidence about publicity.
(C) Incorrect. This is a premise (the conditional rule used to build the argument), not the conclusion.
(D) Incorrect. This introduces a value judgment ("unwise") that is not present in the argument. The argument is about whether the store will open, not whether it should.
(E) Incorrect. This is a premise (the evidence/fact). It supports the conclusion but is not the conclusion itself.
Answer: B
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