Currently, the town of San Hernan sends its elementary students to Car

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Currently, the town of San Hernan sends its elementary students to Carmichael Elementary School or Ira Hayes Elementary School in the neighboring town of Morton. However, San Hernan will have its own elementary school next year. Therefore, Morton will have to close either Carmichael Elementary School or Ira Hayes Elementary School next year.

The argument above assumes that:

A. without the San Hernan students, Mortonwill have too few students for two schools.

B. the new school will not be filled to capacity for several years.

C. the students from San Hernan represent a small proportion of the student body of the Morton schools.

D. Morton’s elementary schools have been overcrowded because of the extra students from San Hernan.

E. students will not transfer out of the district in the next twelve months.

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AnuK2222 · Answer

I think it correct answer is option A
Conclusion is that Morton will have to close either one of the schools next year
A. without the San Hernan students, Mortonwill have too few students for two schools.- 
B. the new school will not be filled to capacity for several years.- conclusion is about next year not several years

C. the students from San Hernan represent a small proportion of the student body of the Morton schools.- this would weaken the arguement

D. Morton’s elementary schools have been overcrowded because of the extra students from San Hernan.- this would weaken the arguement

E. students will not transfer out of the district in the next twelve months.- passage does not state what constitutes a district so negating this wont break the conclusion? (Would love to hear others' opinion on this)

sayan640 · Answer

A should be the answer.
Without the San Hernan students , if Mortonwill has enough students for two schools then one of the schools will not have to be closed. 
A is the answer.

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Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

Correct Choice: (A)

Here the conclusion— signaled by the word“therefore”—is that one of the two schools in Morton will have to close. The evidence is that San Hernan will have constructed its own school. To link these, we must assume that the opening of the new school will reduce the Morton student population below what would justify keeping both schools open. So choice (A) is correct.

Choices (B) and (E) do not link the opening of the new school to the attendance at the original two schools. Choices (C) and (D) actually weaken the argument, since it would be more likely that the remaining population at the original schools would still merit two schools

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