saurya_s wrote:
In Kravonia, the average salary for jobs requiring a college degree has always been higher than the average salary for jobs that do not require a degree. Current enrollments in Kravonia's colleges indicate that over the next four years the percentage of the Kravonian workforce with college degrees will increase dramatically. Therefore, the average salary for all workers in Kravonia is likely to increase over the next four years.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A. Kravonians with more than one college degree earn more, on average, than do Kravonians with only one college degree.
B. The percentage of Kravonians who attend college in order to earn higher salaries is higher now than it was several years ago.
C. The higher average salary for jobs requiring a college degree is not due largely to a scarcity among the Kravonian workforce of people with a college degree.
D. The average salary in Kravonia for jobs that do not require a college degree will not increase over the next four years.
E. Few members of the Kravonian workforce earned their degrees in other countries.
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LINKAvg salary for jobs needing college degree is higher than avg salary for jobs not needing college degree
Over the next four years, the percentage of the Kravonian workforce with college degrees will increase dramatically.
Conclusion: Avg salary for all workers in Kravonia is likely to increase over the next four years.
A few assumptions:
- Number of job opening that need college degrees will increase in the next 4 years. What if people graduate but there are no extra high paying jobs.
- Jobs needing college degree will continue to pay more. What if once scarcity is gone, higher salary also goes away?
A. Kravonians with more than one college degree earn more, on average, than do Kravonians with only one college degree.
Multiple college degree vs one is not a point of contention.
B. The percentage of Kravonians who attend college in order to earn higher salaries is higher now than it was several years ago.
Given in the argument - current enrolments are higher
C. The higher average salary for jobs requiring a college degree is not due largely to a scarcity among the Kravonian workforce of people with a college degree.
This is our second assumption we discussed above. Hence is the answer.
rish2708 - We don't have to assume that the avg salary will decrease. We are just saying that our assumption to arrive at the conclusion that avg salary will increase is that those jobs will continue to pay extra and hence more such jobs will lead to higher avg salary.
D. The average salary in Kravonia for jobs that do not require a college degree will not increase over the next four years.
We are not assuming that other jobs will not start paying more. If they do, it actually helps our conclusion.
E. Few members of the Kravonian workforce earned their degrees in other countries.
The place from where they earned degrees is irrelevant.
Answer (C)