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Eva: A “smart highway” system should be installed, one that would monitor areawide traffic patterns and communicate with computers in vehicles or with programmable highway signs to give drivers information about traffic congestion and alternate routes. Such a system, we can infer, would result in improved traffic flow in and around cities that would do more than improve drivers’ tempers; it would decrease the considerable loss of money and productivity that now results from traffic congestion.
Luis: There are already traffic reports on the radio. Why would a “smart highway” system be any better?
Eva’s argument depends on the assumption that
(A) on “smart highways” there would not be the breakdowns of vehicles that currently cause traffic congestion
(B) traffic lights, if coordinated by the system, would assure a free flow of traffic
(C) traffic flow in and around cities is not now so congested that significant improvement is impossible
(D) the type of equipment used in “smart highway” systems would vary from one city to another
(E) older vehicles could not be fitted with equipment to receive signals sent by a “smart highway” system
Luis: There are already traffic reports on the radio. Why would a “smart highway” system be any better?
Eva’s argument depends on the assumption that
(A) on “smart highways” there would not be the breakdowns of vehicles that currently cause traffic congestion
(B) traffic lights, if coordinated by the system, would assure a free flow of traffic
(C) traffic flow in and around cities is not now so congested that significant improvement is impossible
(D) the type of equipment used in “smart highway” systems would vary from one city to another
(E) older vehicles could not be fitted with equipment to receive signals sent by a “smart highway” system
06 Apr 2020, 12:24
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Eva's conclusion: some sort of system that would monitor and bla bla bla => would result in improved traffic (will improve driver's temper and will decrease loss of productivity)
Lui's point: if we have radio why do we need this improvement?
Options
(A) on “smart highways” there would not be the breakdowns of vehicles that currently cause traffic congestion
Comment: lets see, "there would not be the breakdowns", can we know this from the given information? Absolutely Not, it will support the conclusion? Yeah maybe, because it is pointing out a benefit of the system, but it is not an assumption at all.
(B) traffic lights, if coordinated by the system, would assure a free flow of traffic
Comment: Again, can we know this from the given information? Absolutely Not, it will support the conclusion? Yeah maybe, but how the system works is not a relevant assumption.
(C) traffic flow in and around cities is not now so congested that significant improvement is impossible
Comment: Ok, all this improvement assumes that traffic is absolutely "improvable" right? otherwise the plan is hollow. Lets try negating it, traffic flow in and around cities is now so congested that significant improvement is impossible, it shatters the conclusion which is about If this is done => you will get these results
(D) the type of equipment used in “smart highway” systems would vary from one city to another
Comment: MAYYYBE, do we need this one? nah
(E) older vehicles could not be fitted with equipment to receive signals sent by a “smart highway” system
Comment: MAYYYBE, do we need this one? nah
(C) is the answer
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Eva's conclusion: some sort of system that would monitor and bla bla bla => would result in improved traffic (will improve driver's temper and will decrease loss of productivity)
Lui's point: if we have radio why do we need this improvement?
Options
(A) on “smart highways” there would not be the breakdowns of vehicles that currently cause traffic congestion
Comment: lets see, "there would not be the breakdowns", can we know this from the given information? Absolutely Not, it will support the conclusion? Yeah maybe, because it is pointing out a benefit of the system, but it is not an assumption at all.
(B) traffic lights, if coordinated by the system, would assure a free flow of traffic
Comment: Again, can we know this from the given information? Absolutely Not, it will support the conclusion? Yeah maybe, but how the system works is not a relevant assumption.
(C) traffic flow in and around cities is not now so congested that significant improvement is impossible
Comment: Ok, all this improvement assumes that traffic is absolutely "improvable" right? otherwise the plan is hollow. Lets try negating it, traffic flow in and around cities is now so congested that significant improvement is impossible, it shatters the conclusion which is about If this is done => you will get these results
(D) the type of equipment used in “smart highway” systems would vary from one city to another
Comment: MAYYYBE, do we need this one? nah
(E) older vehicles could not be fitted with equipment to receive signals sent by a “smart highway” system
Comment: MAYYYBE, do we need this one? nah
(C) is the answer
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07 Apr 2020, 05:12
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Would option B be wrong because -
If we negate the statement it becomes - 'traffic lights, if coordinated by the system, would NOT assure a free flow of traffic'. Eva's point is - implementing the smart highway system will result in improved traffic flow, and not a free flow of traffic. Thus, not assuring a free flow of traffic does not mean it is not assuring atleast some improvement in the traffic flow. So the negated statement does not break the conclusion.
If we negate the statement it becomes - 'traffic lights, if coordinated by the system, would NOT assure a free flow of traffic'. Eva's point is - implementing the smart highway system will result in improved traffic flow, and not a free flow of traffic. Thus, not assuring a free flow of traffic does not mean it is not assuring atleast some improvement in the traffic flow. So the negated statement does not break the conclusion.
