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(A) Right. This weaken the argument as it attributes the thorough sessions to the evaluation process instead of the pay of the trainers.

(B) Wrong. This doesn't address the point of the argument which is the quality of the sessions and not the clientele.

(C) Wrong. This statement describe the training quality in terms of the training and not in terms of the time invested in the session and therefore is not relevant to the argument.

(D) Wrong The membership fee is irrelevant to the argument reasoning.

(E) Wrong Although having fixed slots is related to the author's arguments, these slots can be very short or long enough so it doesn't strengthen nor weaken the argument.

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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.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the advertisement's 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.

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.

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i think the answer is option 'e'. it is because the main selling point of fitnessclub is that their trainers do not worry about time and they spend their time on clients without considering any barring on the limitation of time. option e eliminates that selling point of the company which is that trainers spend on the clients

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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.

advertisement's reasoning:
Other health clubs -> pay their personal trainers based on the number of clients -> rushed sessions
Fitness Hub -> personal trainers are paid a fixed salary -> thorough and unrushed training sessions

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the advertisement's 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 strengthen the advertisement's reasoning)

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele. (Irrelevant)

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. (Slightly weaken the advertisement's reasoning, point to note is advertisement talks about rushed vs unrushed session rather than quality)

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members. (Irrelevant)

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots. (This can lead to rushed session for slow to take customer hence should be the answer)

E should be correct choice

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The Answer is C
Statement A states that fitness hub will spend more time on members to ensure client satisfaction. This does not directly weaken the premise that fitness hub would ensure that members are not being rushed.
Statement B is irrelevant. It does not contradict the issue in hand
Statement C is the answer. It states that even if the sessions are not rushed, the performance of the trainers would lack due to inexperience.
Statement D is irrelevant. Membership is not the issue here
Statement E-strengthens the issue hence incorrect

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To identify the option that most weakens the advertisement's reasoning, we need to look for a statement that undermines the claim that Fitness Hub's trainers will provide thorough and unrushed sessions because they are paid a fixed salary.

The advertisement's reasoning is based on the premise that paying trainers a fixed salary eliminates their incentive to rush sessions. Therefore, any statement showing that trainers might still have an incentive to rush or that fixed salaries do not guarantee thorough sessions would weaken the argument.

Let's examine each option:

(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 statement actually supports the advertisement's claim by suggesting that trainers have an incentive to spend adequate time with each client to ensure satisfaction.

(B) **Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.**

- This statement does not directly address the reasoning about the thoroughness of training sessions at Fitness Hub. It talks about the variety of classes and client attraction, which is unrelated to the payment structure and session quality.

(C) **Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.**

- This statement addresses the quality of the trainers but not the specific reasoning about rushing sessions. It introduces a different concern about trainer competence rather than session thoroughness.

(D) **Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.**

- This statement addresses the cost of membership, which is not related to the reasoning about the quality and thoroughness of training sessions due to the fixed salary structure.

(E) **Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.**

- This statement directly weakens the advertisement's reasoning by suggesting that even with a fixed salary, trainers might still be forced to rush sessions due to strict time allocations. If trainers must adhere to fixed time slots, they could be pressured to complete sessions within a set period, contradicting the claim that there is no incentive to rush.

Given this analysis, the option that most weakens the advertisement's reasoning is:

**(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.**

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Conclusion: Therefore, when you join Fitness Hub, you can be sure that you will receive thorough and unrushed training sessions, maximizing your fitness results.

We are looking for weakening.

(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 strengthen the conclusion.

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele. Irrelevant.

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. Irrelevant, Quality is OFS.

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members. Irrelevant.

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots. Hmm, This is a timing restriction. Opposing the stated conclusion.

Hence IMO E

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The advertisement argues that Fitness Hub offers unrushed training sessions because trainers are paid fixed salaries, unlike other clubs where pay is per client. Option (E) weakens this claim by revealing that Fitness Hub strictly allocates fixed time slots for sessions, possibly leading to rushed sessions despite fixed salaries.

Options (A), (B), (C), and (D) do not effectively weaken the advertisement for the following reasons:

(A) Doesn't weaken the argument.
(B) Other clubs offering a wider range of classes don't directly impact the personal training sessions' quality.
(C) Inexperienced trainers could affect quality but don't address rushing through sessions.
(D) Higher membership fees don't directly impact training sessions' quality.

Therefore, only option (E) directly challenges the claim of unrushed sessions at Fitness Hub due to fixed salaries.

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(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 will strengthen the idea of advertising, not weaken it

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
While this idea is similar to the idea described above about other health clubs, it does not weaken the idea of advertising.

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.

This idea undermines the ad's thinking as it further emphasizes the weakness of the trainers at the fitness center. So the answer is C

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
This idea does not weaken the idea of advertising, the reason is to express that your idea will not have many customers.

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
This will further promote the advertisement
therefore the answer is C

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Updated on: 17 Jul 2024, 07:21

Originally posted by bronaugust on 17 Jul 2024, 06:38.
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(E) has to be the correct answer! If Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and if trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots, it weakens the conclusion of the advertisement that states, 'You can be sure that you will receive thorough and unrushed training sessions, maximizing your fitness results.'

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Conclusion - "Therefore, when you join Fitness Hub, you can be sure that you will receive thorough and unrushed training sessions, maximizing your fitness results."

(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 is good for the Fitness Hub, strengthen the argument. This eliminate the potential weakness assoicated with the other clubs in which trainers rush through sessions to fit in more clients.

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
The argument conclusion is applicable for the mentioned Fitness club. Conclusion is conditional based on "when you joined the Fitness club." We are not conerned with the other health clubs in the area.

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.
If the trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, than even after having the thorough and unrushed training sessions, clients will not achieve the maximum fitness results. This weakens the conclusion, as we are not given that in other fitness centers trainers are inexperienced and recently certified (we cannot assume this).

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
Yes, but the author is making the pitch only to the customers who will join the Fitness Club. The conclusion is related to the through and unrushed training sessions for customers who will join. It is not related to increasing the affordabiity of the club or increasing the sales of membership.

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
This strengthen the argument, with a fixed amount of time for each sessions, the trainers cannot rush through sessions to fit in more clients.

IMO C.

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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.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the advertisement's 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. CORRECT => If trainers spend more time with each client, they cannot see a lot of clients per day without rushing sessions.

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele. => A broader clientele says nothing about the maximization of the fitness results or not.

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions. => The text above talks about the relationship between time and quality, but time was not mentioned in this argument.

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members. => Higher membership could also mean better quality, which supports the advertisement's reasoning.

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots. => This one strenghten the advertisement's reasoning.

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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. COnclusion: Therefore, when you join Fitness Hub, you can be sure that you will receive thorough and unrushed training sessions, maximizing your fitness results.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the advertisement's 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.: Strengthens the argument

(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.: Irrelevant

(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.: Still the training sessions can be thorough and unrushed.

(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.: Out of scope. The argument talks about unrushed sessions and not the prices

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.: Correct. This may result in trainers rushing through the session to adhere to the schedule.

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The Advertisement is making the distinction between the way their trainers interact with clients and how trainers from different health clubs interact with their clients. The distinction that they make is related to timing and the incentive to rush through a session vs. not rushing. The reasoning they provide for this distinction is in the uniqueness of their salary structure for trainers. Since their trainers are paid a fixed salary and not a flexible salary, that is based on the number of clients trained, they claim that their trainers will not rush through their sessions.

Therefore we can summarise that the Advertisement claims that timing will not be an issue in your session with one of their trainers because of the salary structure. The assumption here is that financial incentive is the only reason for why a session would be rushed through. However, there could be another reason which would influence timing.

The question asks to find the statement which most weakens this reasoning. A good way to answer this question is to find the statement that most attacks the assumption, since it is the assumption that holds the argument together.

Question E most directly attacks the assumption because it gives another reason for why timing could still be an issue and there could be a need to rush through sessions and that is that there are very strick time slots to adhere to.

(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.

Answer is E.

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