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16 Jul 2024, 09:00
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Health Club Advertisement: Other health clubs in the area pay their personal trainers based on the number of clients they see each day, which may encourage trainers to rush through sessions to fit in more clients. However, at Fitness Hub, our personal trainers are paid a fixed salary regardless of the number of clients they train each day, so they have no incentive to rush sessions. Therefore, when you join Fitness Hub, you can be sure that you will receive thorough and unrushed training sessions, maximizing your fitness results [This is the main conclusion].
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the advertisement's reasoning? [Question Type: Weaken]
(A) Trainers at Fitness Hub are evaluated based on client satisfaction, which can lead to trainers spending more time with each client to ensure positive feedback. [Strengthens the conclusion]
(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele. [Doesn't matter]
(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. [This kind of weakens the conclusion: Low quality training might compromise the thorough and unrushed training sessions ]
(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.[Doesn't matter]
(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots. [This also might weaken it- consider a scenario where thorough and unrushed training sessions requires more time than allotted one]
I think that between C and E, E is the better option as the whole argument revolves around "time" thing, but C also weakens it (because thoroughness of training doesn't just depend on time but also on the experience and quality of training]
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the advertisement's reasoning? [Question Type: Weaken]
(A) Trainers at Fitness Hub are evaluated based on client satisfaction, which can lead to trainers spending more time with each client to ensure positive feedback. [Strengthens the conclusion]
(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele. [Doesn't matter]
(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. [This kind of weakens the conclusion: Low quality training might compromise the thorough and unrushed training sessions ]
(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.[Doesn't matter]
(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots. [This also might weaken it- consider a scenario where thorough and unrushed training sessions requires more time than allotted one]
I think that between C and E, E is the better option as the whole argument revolves around "time" thing, but C also weakens it (because thoroughness of training doesn't just depend on time but also on the experience and quality of training]
16 Jul 2024, 09:04
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Answer: E
The argument is based on the time spent by the personnal trainer with the client which would improve the client's fitness results.
Reasoning:
(A) Trainers at Fitness Hub are evaluated based on client satisfaction, which can lead to trainers spending more time with each client to ensure positive feedback.
This would strenghten the argument, not weaken. No.
(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
The argument of wider range fitness classes is not related to time spent with the trainer and fitness results. No.
(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.
I hesitated on that one. However, here the argument is about the quality of the trainer, not the time spent with the client. Close, but no.
(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
The argument is about membership fees and not time spent with the client and their fitness results. No.
(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
If there is a fixed amount of time per session, then the argument that Fitness Hub spends doesn't rush clients is invalid. This is the answer.
The argument is based on the time spent by the personnal trainer with the client which would improve the client's fitness results.
Reasoning:
(A) Trainers at Fitness Hub are evaluated based on client satisfaction, which can lead to trainers spending more time with each client to ensure positive feedback.
This would strenghten the argument, not weaken. No.
(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
The argument of wider range fitness classes is not related to time spent with the trainer and fitness results. No.
(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.
I hesitated on that one. However, here the argument is about the quality of the trainer, not the time spent with the client. Close, but no.
(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
The argument is about membership fees and not time spent with the client and their fitness results. No.
(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
If there is a fixed amount of time per session, then the argument that Fitness Hub spends doesn't rush clients is invalid. This is the answer.
16 Jul 2024, 09:08
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Conclsuion: you will receive thorough and unrushed training sessions, maximizing your fitness results.
Given that, we need to find most weaken statement
1. Statement 1: its actually strengthen the statement, due to evaluation, they make consider each client unique and try to make them fit.
2. Stement 2: Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele., I belive its irrelavent.
3. Stement 3: Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. it can be weaken but I am just keeping it side.
4. Stement 4: it may weaken the argument but its not too weaken when compared with statement 3
5. Stement 5: its definitly weaken the argument. if trainers are requied to follow strict timeline then fitness results may vary ( it may lead to rushed training session or more people may present during the session time ).
Therefore, Statement 5 is mostly weaken the argument
Given that, we need to find most weaken statement
1. Statement 1: its actually strengthen the statement, due to evaluation, they make consider each client unique and try to make them fit.
2. Stement 2: Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele., I belive its irrelavent.
3. Stement 3: Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. it can be weaken but I am just keeping it side.
4. Stement 4: it may weaken the argument but its not too weaken when compared with statement 3
5. Stement 5: its definitly weaken the argument. if trainers are requied to follow strict timeline then fitness results may vary ( it may lead to rushed training session or more people may present during the session time ).
Therefore, Statement 5 is mostly weaken the argument
