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An amateur theatre troupe needs to cast the lead role for a play it will be performing in an upcoming festival; the troupe’s managers are eager to make a good impression, as the festival is prestigious and invites to perform at it are rare. Typically, the troupe casts all roles from among its members, a strategy that has helped them put on some of their most successful shows. However, the managers are now considering bringing in a “ringer”, a professional actor with experience in stage and film.

On the basis of the information provided, select Ringer for the principle that, if accepted, best suggests that the managers should cast a professional actor, and Cast from the troupe for the principle that, if accepted, best suggests that the managers should cast from among the troupe’s regular members.

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From the stmt mentioned above : “ringer”, a professional actor with experience in stage and film. Now its match the following for the reasons mentioned in the choices.

Ringer : Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.

Cast from the troupe : An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.

Both provide reasoning for selection .

Hence marked this.

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Any option strongly suggesting to hire an experienced professional actor outside the troupe should be selected for Ringer.
Any option strongly suggesting to not hire an experienced professional actor outside the troupe should be selected for Cast from the troupe.

Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious. - gives us a very vague and generalised opinion not specific to either ringer or from the troupe.
An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results. - this option strongly suggests us to choose a lead actor from the troupe as the troupe has had no failed performances earlier.
A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles. - this option strongly suggests us to hire an experienced professional actor outside the troupe as there are more experienced actors outside the troupe.
In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members. - this option doesn't as strongly recommend to not to hire a ringer as the option above.
Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors. - this option doesn't as strongly recommend to hire a ringer as the option above as the word often doesn't mean always.

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Ringer : Based on the principles provided, the principles "Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious" and "Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors" best support the decision to cast a professional actor.

Cast from the troupe (Regular Members): The principles "An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results" and "In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members" best support the decision to cast from among the troupe's regular members.

Therefore, based on the principles provided would proovide the best support

Ringer: "Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors."
Cast from the troupe: "An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results"

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Ringer: Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors. - The reason to bring a professional actor is to deliver better performance. This choice supports that.

Cast from the troupe: An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results. - basically saying existing cast is already delivering performance why change that ?

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Troupe considers this as important play hence wants to take professional actor to make it hit.

Ringer :If professional actor is hired then it might increase odds of giving best performance

Cast from troupe : As they have seen repeated success in their performance, there is no reason why they should go with professional actor unless they have seen failures in shows

Ans :Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.

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Here we need to find the most supporting suggestions that would lead to consideration of particular scenario.

Suggestion most supporting "ringer"(column 1) : Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors

Suggestion most supporting "cast"(column 2) : A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles.

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1. If any actor is eager to play the lead role then this does not support either of the options
2. We know from the given info that the org has not failed to produce results. So this supports Cast from the troupe.
3. This does not tell us why we should prefer one over the other.
4. This principle would suggest that if an external actor was cast, the members would be alienated. But this is an extra assumption that we need to hold. So this does not really support cast from the troupe
5. This seems to support that in order to have a good impression, it would be better to cast an actor. This supports Ringer.

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Cast from the toupe - option, B and ringer option C.

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Answer: First, we need to properly digest what the question is asking for. The question is asking that we examine each of the following statements and see which one, if it is true, supports bringing in a "ringer" and which one, if it is true, supports casting among existing members of the troupe.

Before looking at the statements, note the "Story": Troupe managers are contemplating bringing in a professional performer for an upcoming festival that is important to them. The troupe they manage is "amateur," but the troupe has had "some of their most successful shows" using only troupe members.

(The statements are quoted below)

"Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious." This is irrelevant because the eagerness of actors do factor into the managers' decision—it is unrelated to the "Story." Also, "Any actor" is encompasses both professional ringers and troupe members who are amateur.

"An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results." This statement would support casting troupe members for the upcoming festival because the troupe has had some of their most successful performances using their own troupe members. Pick this for "Cast from the troupe."

"A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles." This is irrelevant because "most experience in state acting as lead roles" does not distinguish between ringers and troupe members. For example, ringers might have less stage experience "acting in lead roles" but they have a longer training period under the best of masters.

"In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members." This is also irrelevant because bringing in a ringer need not "alienate" anyone.

"Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors." This supports bringing in a trouper because ringers are professional actors, and if the statement is true, ringers will "deliver exceptional performances" for the upcoming festival. Pick this for "Ringer."

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An amateur theatre troupe needs to cast the lead role for a play it will be performing in an upcoming festival; the troupe’s managers are eager to make a good impression, as the festival is prestigious, and invites to perform at it are rare. Typically, the troupe casts all roles from among its members, a strategy that has helped them put on some of their most successful shows. However, the managers are now considering bringing in a “ringer”, a professional actor with experience in stage and film.

On the basis of the information provided, select Ringer for the principle that, if accepted, best suggests that the managers should cast a professional actor, and Cast from the troupe for the principle that, if accepted, best suggests that the managers should cast from among the troupe’s regular members.

Solution: From the given options

An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.
This option fits the selection criteria- "Cast from the troupe". In the past, the troupe cast all roles from among its members, a strategy that helped them put on some of their most successful shows. Hence, to perform well in the prestigious festival, the invites to which are rare, the managers should cast the troupe members.

Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
This option fits the selection criteria- "Ringer". Since, the troupe’s managers are eager to make a good impression, as the festival is prestigious, and because the highlight of this principle is that professional actors deliver exceptional performances whenever cast by the troupe, this option perfectly justifies why managers should choose a Ringer.

Rest all the options do not provide strong reasoning or persuasion for the managers to choose either a Ringer or Cast from the troupe.

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Ringer: Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
If this is the case, it is the best to hire a ringerCast from the troupe:An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.

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1.Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious.
Ringer is a professional actor with experience in stage and film, and not any actor.

"Cast from troupe"- 2.An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.
Correct, In line with cast from troupe. This can be inferred from the line "a strategy that has helped them put on some of their most successful shows."

3. A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles.
Criterion is experience in stage and film.

4. In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members.
Beyond the scope of the argument.

"Ringer" - 5. Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
The Ringer will be helpful in this case.

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1- 5, 2- 2.

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Hello, everyone.
This is the second day of the competition.
I truly like the concept of competitiveness.
Every day is new. Everything can change. To win, you must maintain a consistent pace.
Get ready. Here we GO.

Let's get started with our explanation for this topic on day two:

First step in Two Parts, before reading the text I understand what is the question and what is it asking for:
Analyze the Question:
Question: First, let's look at the question. We are dealing with kind of RC/CR (more of the kind of Inference/Detail in RC) problem.
it is asking for 2 scenrios: 1 = choosing an professional actor.
2 = choosing an cast from the troupe.
But, it is saying that: given the information below, what will help the manager decide which of the scenerio to choose:
Ok after i know my goal here lets go to the text.

Reading and Understanding:
the text describe our story here.
I concluded that the manager wants to pick one of our 2 scenerios.
his motivation for that derive from the sentence:
"the troupe’s managers are eager to make a good impression, as the festival is prestigious and invites to perform at it are rare".
they mention the reasons to pick option 1:
"the troupe casts all roles from among its members, a strategy that has helped them put on some of their most successful shows".
and the option of picking option 2:
"a professional actor with experience in stage and film". Ok we have what we needed.

State the goal: We need to find out the principle will best fit our understanding the givens before.
We will work by elimination method.

(1)Ringer | (2)Cast
A) X X - No for both. it doesnt help the manager pick one of the option. so what if they all want to play?
B) X ~ - if any, it can help the cast. but, we don't have any details that say it is what used to be.
C) V X - we know that the Proffesional are the most experience. so if this is true we should take him

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D) X V - if its true. once the manager wont pick cast -> it will alienate the cast -> bad for performances.
E) ~ X - It sounds good. but if they hire cast, pharps they get better performances? we can't surely know.
THE END
I hope you liked the explanation, I have tried my best here.
Let me know if you have any questions about this question or my explanation.

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We are asked to pick Ringer for the principle that, if accepted, best suggests that the managers should cast a professional actor, and Cast from the troupe for the principle that, if accepted, best suggests that the managers should cast from among the troupe’s regular members.

Statement 1 says that any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious. This means it does not support either view.
Statement 3 says that A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles. The argument says that it is an amateur theatre troupe and the most experience could be one of its members or a ringer.
Statement 4 says that In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members. This is just for the lead role and it could be the case that the other troupe members are not alienated.

Ringer - Statement 5 Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
This principle, if accepted, will support the view that managers should cast a professional actor

Cast from the troupe - Statement 2 An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.
This principle if accepted, will support the view that managers should cast from among the troupe’s regular members.

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Ringer:

Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
- This directly supports casting a professional actor to enhance performance quality.

Cast from the troupe:

An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.
- This supports maintaining the successful tradition of casting from within the troupe.

Other options:

Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious.
- Eagerness doesn't address performance quality.
A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles.
- This principle could support either option depending on who has more stage experience.
In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members.
- While important for morale, it doesn't directly address performance quality.

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To decide whether the managers should cast a ringer or troupe regular members ("Cast from troupe"),

Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious.
- Ringer: This principle supports ringer as the festival is prestigious.
An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.
- Cast from troupe: It implies that the troupe should stick to its successful practice of casting from them.
A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles.
- Ringer: This suggest professional actor typically have more experience in stage acting compared to amateur troupe members.
In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members.
- Cast from troupe: It supports casting from the troupe, as bringing in an outsider could alienate the regular members.
Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
- Ringer: It supports casting a professional actor, as it suggests that professional actors can significantly enhance the quality of the performance.

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Analysing the options:

Any actor would be eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious.
:- No such info about 'whether actor is eager to play a lead role at a festival this prestigious' is given in passage.

An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.
:- Yes, this principle works in favour of Caste from the Troupe.

A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles.
:- Yes, this principle works in favour of Ringer.

In casting any role, a theatre troupe must take care not to alienate its members.
:- No such info about alienating members is suggested in passage.

Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.
:- No such info is given in passage.

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Among the options, the best fit for
1) Ringer: Theatre troupes often deliver exceptional performances when they cast professional actors.

2) Cast from troupe: An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.

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For cast from troupe: It is B which states that if members itself are capable of producing successful results then hiring a ringer isn't needed.
For cast from Ringer: It is E. For the success of the show if it is proven that hiring a ringer helps then the principle justifies that.

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Ringer:A theatre troupe should cast actors with the most experience in stage acting in lead roles.

This principle suggests that the most experienced actor should be chosen for the lead role, which in this context would likely mean casting the professional actor (ringer) with experience in stage and film.Cast from troupe:

An organization should not alter regular practices unless they have failed to produce results.

This principle suggests sticking with the troupe’s regular members, as their usual practice has led to some of their most successful shows, and there is no indication that this practice has failed.

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