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16 Jul 2024, 07:00
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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.
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.
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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16 Jul 2024, 08:00
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GMAT Club Official Explanation:
Correct Answer: E. Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
(E) undermines the advertisement's claim that trainers at Fitness Hub will not rush their sessions. The argument states that customers will experience thorough and unrushed training sessions, which in turn produce great results.
The conclusion is that you will receive thorough and unrushed training. Maximizing results is not the conclusion but a side effect. Note that the argument does not say that quality instructors produce great results or that cheap or expensive or wide selection of training sessions produce great results - only thorough and unrushed sessions is the recipe. However, if there is a strict adherence to fixed session times, this would limit trainers’ ability to provide thorough and unrushed training, regardless of their salary structure. Inevitably trainers will have to either be rushed or provide an incomplete session if the client starts a few minutes late, takes longer to complete the training, chats with the trainer takes a slightly longer break, or a myriad of other reasons that will some sessions to be rushed, thus challenging the advertisement's main selling point and weakening the 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.
(A) actually supports the advertisement’s argument by suggesting that trainers have a motive to focus on quality, not weaken it. Eliminate.
B. Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
(B) is irrelevant for the argument as we are not concerned with attraction or clientele or options offered. Eliminate.
C. Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.
Trap answer. We need to weaken advertising reasoning. You may be tempted to jump to the conclusion of great results. However, we are not concerned with the quality of the sessions but with thorough and unrushed training, where great results is a resulting effect of those two ingridients. Thus we cannot skip thorough and unrushed sessions and jump to the conclusion of great results. Great results is not the conclusion by itself but a part of the package, making this choice a subtle but wrong option.
D. Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
(D) does not weaken the argument that Fitness Hub trainers provide unrushed sessions and help maximize fitness results. Higher fees do not change the reasoning. Irrelevant. Eliminate.
General Discussion
16 Jul 2024, 07:32
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To determine which statement most weakens the advertisement's reasoning, let's break down the key points in the advertisement and identify its primary claim:
Primary Claim: Fitness Hub's personal trainers provide thorough and unrushed training sessions because they are paid a fixed salary, unlike other health clubs where trainers might rush through sessions to see more clients for higher pay.
We need to find an option that directly challenges the claim that fixed salary leads to thorough and unrushed sessions.
Let's analyze 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 option actually supports the advertisement's claim by suggesting that trainers might spend more time with clients to get positive feedback.
(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
This option does not address the main claim about the thoroughness and unrushed nature of training sessions at Fitness Hub.
(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.
While this option raises concerns about the quality of the training sessions, it does not specifically address whether the sessions are thorough and unrushed due to the fixed salary.
(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
This option does not address the main claim about the thoroughness and unrushed nature of the training sessions. It focuses on the cost of membership instead.
(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
This option directly weakens the advertisement's claim. It suggests that despite the fixed salary, the trainers are still under constraints to adhere to fixed session times, which could lead to rushed sessions if time slots are strictly enforced.
Therefore, the option that most weakens the advertisement's reasoning is: (E)
Primary Claim: Fitness Hub's personal trainers provide thorough and unrushed training sessions because they are paid a fixed salary, unlike other health clubs where trainers might rush through sessions to see more clients for higher pay.
We need to find an option that directly challenges the claim that fixed salary leads to thorough and unrushed sessions.
Let's analyze 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 option actually supports the advertisement's claim by suggesting that trainers might spend more time with clients to get positive feedback.
(B) Other health clubs in the area offer a wider range of fitness classes than Fitness Hub, attracting a broader clientele.
This option does not address the main claim about the thoroughness and unrushed nature of training sessions at Fitness Hub.
(C) Many of the personal trainers at Fitness Hub are inexperienced and recently certified, which could affect the quality of the training sessions.
While this option raises concerns about the quality of the training sessions, it does not specifically address whether the sessions are thorough and unrushed due to the fixed salary.
(D) Fitness Hub has a significantly higher membership fee compared to other local health clubs, which could deter potential members.
This option does not address the main claim about the thoroughness and unrushed nature of the training sessions. It focuses on the cost of membership instead.
(E) Fitness Hub allocates a fixed amount of time for each session, and trainers are required to adhere strictly to these time slots.
This option directly weakens the advertisement's claim. It suggests that despite the fixed salary, the trainers are still under constraints to adhere to fixed session times, which could lead to rushed sessions if time slots are strictly enforced.
Therefore, the option that most weakens the advertisement's reasoning is: (E)
16 Jul 2024, 07:46
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Option C works as it weakens the conclusion.
