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For the first time in history, more televisions than people can be found in American households. According to recent research, the average household has 2.55 residents and contains 2.73 televisions. However, by employing such costly manufacturing processes as plasma technology and flat screens, televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer. As a result, the average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?

A. House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.

B. More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.

C. New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.

D. As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.

E. As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

for option C: what if the new devices are also much expensive in comparison to TV...

IMO : E it supports the fact that TV's are more technically advanced....

Shraddha/payal Please clear me if my understanding wrong...
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For the first time in history, more televisions than people can be found in American households. According to recent research, the average household has 2.55 residents and contains 2.73 televisions. However, by employing such costly manufacturing processes as plasma technology and flat screens, televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer. As a result, the average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?

1) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.

2) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.

3) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.

4) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.

5) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

i don't agree with the OA or OE! (forces us to make additional assumption)
please explain your answers, thanks

1) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year. - Incorrect. Out of context

2) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year. - Incorrect. Out of scope

3) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment. - Correct. If new devices (other than televisions) flood the market and become popular, the number of televisions purchased will decrease and the ratio of number of people to number of televisions will increase.

4) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline. - Incorrect. Weakener

5) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices. - Incorrect. Out of context

Answer: C

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please help me with this question
people are choosing C as answer, but in C it is giving another reason that decreases the number of television.
Author is saying
average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.
Why he think so because televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consume because of new technology.

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Current scenario: Number of televisions per household > Number of residents per household
Conclusion: Number of residents per household will be greater than number of televisions per household

The conclusion can be strengthened by stating that the number of televisions per household is not going to rise.

C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment. - So televisions are not a primary source of entertainment now and we can expect its sales to be lower while those of new devices to be higher. Hence the number of residents per household will be greater than the number of televisions per household.

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For the first time in history, more televisions than people can be found in American households. According to recent research, the average household has 2.55 residents and contains 2.73 televisions. However, by employing such costly manufacturing processes as plasma technology and flat screens, televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer. As a result, the average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?

(A) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.

(B) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.

(C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.

(D) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.

(E) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

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i don't agree with the OA or OE! (forces us to make additional assumption)
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Imo C

A well this might be proper way to enjoy house parties but it certainly does not supports out argument . The house where parties are held can have more than one TV . So this A is out of scope.

B Well this is a tough choice .On the surface this might seem to be the most obvious choice as there are more people are coming to US every year so there would be less TV .But think for a moment as this can actually be false as the people who are coming to US may wealthy so they can buy more than one TV . So leave this choice .

C Correct if video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players have become primary source of entertainment then there would be less TV per household .

D This choice actually weakens the argument ; It basically says that there will be more no TV per household as TV becomes more affordable .

E This is out of scope . IT does not talk about whether new TV would become affordable or more expensive.

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Hi experts,
I chose A, but I have no idea where is my thinking bug.
here is my reasoning.
house parties at which individuals GATHER to view popular television shows on ONE TELEVISION SET have increased three hundred percent during the past year.
this implies that more and more people enjoy gathering to view at ONE TELEVISION SET, because they enjoy, so they don't need to buy television. this is a choice to support the argument.

Please help

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I am not sure if C can be the right answer.If the population doesn't change even if other devices are being bought as a primary source of info. still the original number of television will remain the same w.r.t residents.

Idea is to show that for an average house hold -->No of television will go down w.r.t the residents.
If we consider B-->More people will migrated increasing the residents and since the televisions are expensive -->chances of buying one are less.hence average will change.

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Currently average number of residents are less than number of tv at home.
TV is becoming expensive.
Hence average no of residents would be MORE than number of TV at home.

Now lets look at the choices-

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(A) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.

House parties have increased. Not directly related to the number of residents or number of TV.

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(B) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.

Not relevant.

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(C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.

This is stating a reason not to have a TV (as it is becoming primary source of entertainment, what TV was before)

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(D) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.

If anything this says number of TV must stay more than number of residents.

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(E) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

New TVs have no connection to the question.

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For the first time in history, more televisions than people can be found in American households. According to recent research, the average household has 2.55 residents and contains 2.73 televisions. However, by employing such costly manufacturing processes as plasma technology and flat screens, televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer. As a result, the average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?

(A) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.
(B) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.
(C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.
(D) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.
(E) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

Hello,
Experts,
May I have your attention on the following query?

q1:
who will confirm that ''video enabled personal assistant are LESS expensive than plasma TV in C?
q2:
The author never says that "tv has been used as entertainment and information". Tv COULD be used for OTHER reason! So, it seems that there is NO consistency with the argument and the answer choice!
Or, Am I missing anything?
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For the first time in history, more televisions than people can be found in American households. According to recent research, the average household has 2.55 residents and contains 2.73 televisions. However, by employing such costly manufacturing processes as plasma technology and flat screens, televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer. As a result, the average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?

(A) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.
(B) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.
(C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.
(D) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.
(E) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

Hello, Asad. To keep matters concise, the answer to q1 is that the cost of the replacement devices in (C) is irrelevant. The cost could be higher for all we know, but it is the cost of televisions themselves that could be off-putting for the typical consumer. For a real-world parallel, consider mobile phones and televisions. Many people think nothing of dropping several hundred dollars on a phone, but they would balk at the notion of spending the same amount of money on a television. It is simply a matter of priorities and market factors--i.e. many people are willing to spend up to so much on a mobile phone but not on a television. I agree with your perspective in q2 that the television functions are not defined in the passage, but the reader is meant to understand what a television is just by the use of the word. Consider, too, how you describe the activity of using a television: you watch TV. You can watch it for news (i.e. information) or entertainment, but neither one is much of a stretch. (Why else would you sit in front of a box for hours at a time?) If other devices could take on some of the functions that televisions had been used for traditionally, then such a shift could understandably mark a downtown for the sale of televisions, especially if the televisions themselves were increasing in price and deterring consumers from buying them. The presentation of the question may not be perfect, but choice (C) is the best, most logical answer of the lot.

I hope that helps. If you have further questions, I would be happy to offer my thoughts.

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(A) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.
This option has No Impact, it explains the fact given, gives us a reason why households contains 2.73 televisions.

(B) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.
This option has No Impact, to make it correct, we need to make an assumption that legal immigrants don't have much money to buy expensive televisions which we can't do.

(C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.
This strengthens the conclusion, if new devices have such features then they can replace expensive televisions.

(D) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.
This has No Impact, it can't change the fact "televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer", this option just gives us the trend for one type of cost.

(E) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.
This weakens the conclusion, if new features are coming to televisions then consumers might buy expensive televisions.

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Option C

If people are substituting other devices for TVs, the demand for TVs drops, especially when TVs are expensive.

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For the first time in history, more televisions than people can be found in American households. According to recent research, the average household has 2.55 residents and contains 2.73 televisions. However, by employing such costly manufacturing processes as plasma technology and flat screens, televisions are becoming too expensive for the typical consumer. As a result, the average number of residents per household will again surpass the number of televisions.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?

(A) House parties at which numerous individuals gather to view popular television shows on one television set have increased three hundred percent during the past year.

(B) More than one million legal immigrants enter the United States each year.

(C) New devices such as video-enabled personal digital assistants and music players are increasingly purchased for use as a primary source of information and entertainment.

(D) As new technologies become more commonplace, manufacturing and retail costs normally decline.

(E) As a result of technological advances, new televisions are increasingly enabled with some features, such as Internet browsing, traditionally associated with other household devices.

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i don't agree with the OA or OE! (forces us to make additional assumption)
please explain your answers, thanks