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Critics accuse the Redwood School District of not spending enough money per student. However, this is clearly not the case as records show that the Redwood School District has double the annual budget of the neighboring Tilden School District.
Which of the following would most strongly weaken the argument above?
A. The Tilden School District covers the students from 3 towns while the Redwood School District only covers the students from 2 towns.
B. The Tilden School District recently installed new computer labs in several of its schools.
C. The Redwood School District pays its teachers a higher annual salary than Live Oak School District.
D. The Redwood School District has three times as many students as the Tilden School District.
E. Studies show that the amount spent per student is directly related to student achievement.
Which of the following would most strongly weaken the argument above?
A. The Tilden School District covers the students from 3 towns while the Redwood School District only covers the students from 2 towns.
B. The Tilden School District recently installed new computer labs in several of its schools.
C. The Redwood School District pays its teachers a higher annual salary than Live Oak School District.
D. The Redwood School District has three times as many students as the Tilden School District.
E. Studies show that the amount spent per student is directly related to student achievement.
30 Jul 2019, 07:35
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Critics accuse the Redwood School District of not spending enough money per student. However, this is clearly not the case as records show that the Redwood School District has double the annual budget of the neighboring Tilden School District.
Which of the following would most strongly weaken the argument above?
A. The Tilden School District covers the students from 3 towns while the Redwood School District only covers the students from 2 towns.
B. The Tilden School District recently installed new computer labs in several of its schools.
C. The Redwood School District pays its teachers a higher annual salary than Live Oak School District.
D. The Redwood School District has three times as many students as the Tilden School District.
E. Studies show that the amount spent per student is directly related to student achievement.
Which of the following would most strongly weaken the argument above?
A. The Tilden School District covers the students from 3 towns while the Redwood School District only covers the students from 2 towns.
B. The Tilden School District recently installed new computer labs in several of its schools.
C. The Redwood School District pays its teachers a higher annual salary than Live Oak School District.
D. The Redwood School District has three times as many students as the Tilden School District.
E. Studies show that the amount spent per student is directly related to student achievement.
Conclusion : RSW District schools are spending enough money per student.
Prem : RSW Disctrict Schools (2x) = TS District Schools (x) { In terms of Budget }
(A) Coverage of schools is out of scope , might be it covers a lot of area but no of students is a handful.
(B) Installation of Comp in TS Distruct schools will not weaken the Conclusion.
(C) Salary per teachher In comparison to LOS District is clearly out of scope.
(D) Now a but of Arithmatic -
Let, Students in RSW Disctrict School = 3 & Students in TS Disctrict School = 1
Let, Budget of RSW Disctrict School = 2 & Budget of TS Disctrict School = 1
So, Spending per student in RSW Disctrict School is 3/2 = 1.50 & Spending per student in RSW Disctrict School is 1/1 = 1 ; Thus, RSW School is spending more than TS Disctrict School...
(E) Students achievement, out of scope.
Thus, Answer is clearly (D)
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I have different apprehension for the same answer choice.
Your conclusion, which is also the argument conclusion, is correct that RSW is spending more than TS per student.
Now we have to weaken this conclusion.
So that we can conclude that RSW is not spending enough money than TS.
Accoding to option D and argument, Budget per student in RSW = 2x/3n= .66x/n
Budget per student in TS= x/n
D is the correct answer. Please let me know if I am wrong.
Conclusion : RSW District schools are spending enough money per student.
Prem : RSW Disctrict Schools (2x) = TS District Schools (x) { In terms of Budget }
(A) Coverage of schools is out of scope , might be it covers a lot of area but no of students is a handful.
(B) Installation of Comp in TS Distruct schools will not weaken the Conclusion.
(C) Salary per teachher In comparison to LOS District is clearly out of scope.
(D) Now a but of Arithmatic -
Let, Students in RSW Disctrict School = 3 & Students in TS Disctrict School = 1
Let, Budget of RSW Disctrict School = 2 & Budget of TS Disctrict School = 1
So, Spending per student in RSW Disctrict School is 3/2 = 1.50 & Spending per student in RSW Disctrict School is 1/1 = 1 ; Thus, RSW School is spending more than TS Disctrict School...
(E) Students achievement, out of scope.
Thus, Answer is clearly (D)
Your conclusion, which is also the argument conclusion, is correct that RSW is spending more than TS per student.
Now we have to weaken this conclusion.
So that we can conclude that RSW is not spending enough money than TS.
Accoding to option D and argument, Budget per student in RSW = 2x/3n= .66x/n
Budget per student in TS= x/n
D is the correct answer. Please let me know if I am wrong.
Abhishek009
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Critics accuse the Redwood School District of not spending enough money per student. However, this is clearly not the case as records show that the Redwood School District has double the annual budget of the neighboring Tilden School District.
Which of the following would most strongly weaken the argument above?
A. The Tilden School District covers the students from 3 towns while the Redwood School District only covers the students from 2 towns.
B. The Tilden School District recently installed new computer labs in several of its schools.
C. The Redwood School District pays its teachers a higher annual salary than Live Oak School District.
D. The Redwood School District has three times as many students as the Tilden School District.
E. Studies show that the amount spent per student is directly related to student achievement.
Which of the following would most strongly weaken the argument above?
A. The Tilden School District covers the students from 3 towns while the Redwood School District only covers the students from 2 towns.
B. The Tilden School District recently installed new computer labs in several of its schools.
C. The Redwood School District pays its teachers a higher annual salary than Live Oak School District.
D. The Redwood School District has three times as many students as the Tilden School District.
E. Studies show that the amount spent per student is directly related to student achievement.
Conclusion : RSW District schools are spending enough money per student.
Prem : RSW Disctrict Schools (2x) = TS District Schools (x) { In terms of Budget }
(A) Coverage of schools is out of scope , might be it covers a lot of area but no of students is a handful.
(B) Installation of Comp in TS Distruct schools will not weaken the Conclusion.
(C) Salary per teachher In comparison to LOS District is clearly out of scope.
(D) Now a but of Arithmatic -
Let, Students in RSW Disctrict School = 3 & Students in TS Disctrict School = 1
Let, Budget of RSW Disctrict School = 2 & Budget of TS Disctrict School = 1
So, Spending per student in RSW Disctrict School is 3/2 = 1.50 & Spending per student in RSW Disctrict School is 1/1 = 1 ; Thus, RSW School is spending more than TS Disctrict School...
(E) Students achievement, out of scope.
Thus, Answer is clearly (D)
