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­Choice C

Evidence : Recent govt report: Regions with high tech companies tend to have lower unemployment rates
Evidence : Tech companies stimulate local economy by creating high demand for skilled labour both directly and indirectly
Plan : Government is considering incentives to attract more tech companies to economically depressed regions.

Question: Inference

(A) Regions without a high density of tech companies will benefit from similar economic stimulation if tech companies are introduced there. This choice has a certainity, but the argument doesn't necessarily suggest that bringing these tech companies will boost. Focus on the first evidence which suggests a likelihood of an outcome but not necessarily a certainity Incorrect

(B) Incentives to attract tech companies to economically depressed regions will significantly lower the unemployment rates in those regions. The initial report suggests a positive correlation or a liklihood to have lower unemployment rates. But, the report doesn't necessarily mean that by introducing new tech companies, the govt can significantly boost the local economy Incorrect

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries. Correct This choice links the creation of the jobs with the increased demand. Additionally, the use of the word tend to is apt, since we cannot say with certainity 

(D) The overall economy of a region is always improved by the presence of tech companies. Similar reasoning as Choice B Incorrect

(E) Regions that are economically depressed lack the skilled labor necessary to support the influx of tech companies without government incentives. This choice cannot be inferred, as we are not told whether these tech companies also recruit from other regions Incorrect
 
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Ans B

A) Vague as we need economically depressed and high density tech companies region
B) Correct as goes with passage reasoning that Tech companies reduce unemployment
C) C is repetition
D) Irrelevant
E) We dont know if economically depressed regions lack skilled labour, hence irrelevant as the region may have skilled labout but not enough jobs to cater them
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­In a recent government report, it was found that regions with a higher density of tech companies tend to have lower unemployment rates. The report suggests that the presence of these tech companies stimulates local economies by creating a high demand for skilled labor, which not only provides jobs within these companies but also boosts secondary employment in supporting industries. Based on this, the government is considering incentives to attract more tech companies to economically depressed regions.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?

(A) Regions without a high density of tech companies will benefit from similar economic stimulation if tech companies are introduced there. -- irrelevant

(B) Incentives to attract tech companies to economically depressed regions will significantly lower the unemployment rates in those regions. Irrelevant

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries. -- C is my answer.

(D) The overall economy of a region is always improved by the presence of tech companies. -- irrelevant

(E) Regions that are economically depressed lack the skilled labor necessary to support the influx of tech companies without government incentives. -- irrelevant
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­(A) Regions without a high density of tech companies will benefit from similar economic stimulation if tech companies are introduced there.
What happens in the region without a high density of tech companies is not discussed in the report. This cannot be infered. This is a consideration and not must be true.

(B) Incentives to attract tech companies to economically depressed regions will significantly lower the unemployment rates in those regions.
Modifier- "significantly" . The companies tend to lower not significantly lower the unemployment rates.

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries.
Correctly summarize the main point of the passage. With the correct usage of "tend to".

(D) The overall economy of a region is always improved by the presence of tech companies.
Modifier- "Always". It can be possible that country's overall economy is not good, despite lower unemployment rates.

(E) Regions that are economically depressed lack the skilled labor necessary to support the influx of tech companies without government incentives.
This can be true , but we cannot infer this based on the passage. May be there are other factors which are not discussed in the report.

IMO C

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­In a recent government report, it was found that regions with a higher density of tech companies tend to have lower unemployment rates. The report suggests that the presence of these tech companies stimulates local economies by creating a high demand for skilled labor, which not only provides jobs within these companies but also boosts secondary employment in supporting industries. Based on this, the government is considering incentives to attract more tech companies to economically depressed regions.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?

(A) Regions without a high density of tech companies will benefit from similar economic stimulation if tech companies are introduced there.

(B) Incentives to attract tech companies to economically depressed regions will significantly lower the unemployment rates in those regions.

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries.

(D) The overall economy of a region is always improved by the presence of tech companies.

(E) Regions that are economically depressed lack the skilled labor necessary to support the influx of tech companies without government incentives.



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Here we are looking for an inference. Let do the POE: 

­(A) Regions without a high density of tech companies will benefit from similar economic stimulation if tech companies are introduced there. OFS of the passage. We can't state as this is not proven. 

(B) Incentives to attract tech companies to economically depressed regions will significantly lower the unemployment rates in those regions. This was the proposal. Nothing got proved here. 

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries. Let's put this on hold, This was the entire discussion all about. 

(D) The overall economy of a region is always improved by the presence of tech companies. Not stated, Too extreme 

(E) Regions that are economically depressed lack the skilled labor necessary to support the influx of tech companies without government incentives. OFS of the discussion

Hence the best choice is C
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The argument presented goes as follows:

High density of tech -> high labor demand in tech + supportive industries -> lower unemployment -> the government needs to incentivize more tech

Therefore, any of the statements directly ensuing from the above logical chain must be true.

(A)
This is a possible and desired outcome, but not a guarantee. Eliminate.

(B)
This is the government plan, but we aren’t sure it will work. Eliminate.

(C)
This is simply reinstating what we already have learnt by slightly changing the angle, so this must be true.

(D)
We have no vision into anything but unemployment, so it’s out of scope. Eliminate.

(E)
This would be a weakener for this argument. Eliminate.

Therefore, the right answer is C.

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­In a recent government report, it was found that regions with a higher density of tech companies tend to have lower unemployment rates. The report suggests that the presence of these tech companies stimulates local economies by creating a high demand for skilled labor, which not only provides jobs within these companies but also boosts secondary employment in supporting industries. Based on this, the government is considering incentives to attract more tech companies to economically depressed regions.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?

(A) Regions without a high density of tech companies will benefit from similar economic stimulation if tech companies are introduced there.

(B) Incentives to attract tech companies to economically depressed regions will significantly lower the unemployment rates in those regions.

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries.

(D) The overall economy of a region is always improved by the presence of tech companies.

(E) Regions that are economically depressed lack the skilled labor necessary to support the influx of tech companies without government incentives.

conc:

presence of these tech companies stimulates local economies by creating a high demand for skilled labor, which not only provides jobs within these companies but also boosts secondary employment in supporting industries

ans:

(C) Tech companies tend to create more jobs in regions where they are concentrated due to increased demand for skilled labor and supporting industries.
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