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Kayla: Many people are reluctant to shop in our neighborhood because street parking is scarce. The city plans to address this by adding parking meters with time limits that ensure that parking spaces are generally available. But this plan will surely backfire—shoppers dislike paying at parking meters, so most will probably drive to other neighborhoods to shop at malls with free parking.
Which of the following, if true, would be the most logically effective rebuttal a proponent of the city's plan could make to Kayla's objection?
A. Most shoppers dislike hunting for scarce street parking spaces much more than they dislike paying for metered parking spaces.
B. The city could post signs with street parking time limits to ensure that parking spaces become available without forcing shoppers to pay at meters.
C. Currently, most shoppers in the neighborhood drive only occasionally to shop at malls in other neighborhoods.
D. The neighborhood already contains a parking lot where shoppers must pay to park.
E. The nearby malls with free parking have no parking time limits to help ensure that parking spaces in their lots become available.
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Which of the following, if true, would be the most logically effective rebuttal a proponent of the city's plan could make to Kayla's objection?
A. Most shoppers dislike hunting for scarce street parking spaces much more than they dislike paying for metered parking spaces.
B. The city could post signs with street parking time limits to ensure that parking spaces become available without forcing shoppers to pay at meters.
C. Currently, most shoppers in the neighborhood drive only occasionally to shop at malls in other neighborhoods.
D. The neighborhood already contains a parking lot where shoppers must pay to park.
E. The nearby malls with free parking have no parking time limits to help ensure that parking spaces in their lots become available.
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K - Many people don't shop here because of scarce street parking.
C - Add parking meters with time limits that ensure that parking spaces are generally available
K - This plan will backfire. Shoppers dislike paying at parking meters, so most will probably drive to other neighborhoods to shop at malls with free parking
Questions: What should C say now? How should the city council rebut Kayla's objection (that the plan will backfire since people dislike paying at parking meters)
A. Most shoppers dislike hunting for scarce street parking spaces much more than they dislike paying for metered parking spaces.
If C says that the plan will make the situation better (even if not ideal), that helps. If most people dislike hunting for street parking (the current situation) much more than paying at meters (the plan) then it is expected that the plan will make the situation better. It may not completely turn the situation around but will still make it better. Hence it is unlikely that the plan will "backfire". This is correct.
B. The city could post signs with street parking time limits to ensure that parking spaces become available without forcing shoppers to pay at meters.
C needs to defend the plan, not come up with a new plan. Irrelevant.
C. Currently, most shoppers in the neighborhood drive only occasionally to shop at malls in other neighborhoods.
Whatever the current situation is, it needs improvement. That is why city council is coming with a plan.
D. The neighborhood already contains a parking lot where shoppers must pay to park.
This doesn't help defend the plan. If anything, it is a factor against the plan.
E. The nearby malls with free parking have no parking time limits to help ensure that parking spaces in their lots become available.
This just tells us what the current situation is in nearby malls. They have free parking with no time limit. Does it make parking space somewhat scarce? May be. Do people prefer spending time looking for parking in free parking spaces or do they prefer paying parking charges? We don't know.
So will our plan improve our condition or not? This doesn't tell us.
There are 3 ways of parking:
- Scarce free street parking - Our condition right now
- Free parking space without time limits (which might make parking space somewhat scarce) - Condition of nearby malls
- Paid metered parking with time limits (which ensures that parking is generally available) - Our condition with the plan
Option (A) tells us that people prefer third one to first one. So it says that our condition is likely to improve (so the plan is likely to work)
Option (E) tells us what kind of parking nearby malls have. But it doesn't tell us what people prefer. So we don't know whether our plan will work or not.
Answer (A)
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I chose A; here's why:
Problem: Street Parking is scarce.
Solution: Add parking meters (with time limits) to ensure parking spaces are generally available.
Kayla's objection: Plan will backfire as people don’t like to pay fee. They will drive to other neighborhoods to shop at malls with free parking.
We need to counter Kayla's objection. Correct answer must establish that plan will not backfire i.e. it must indicate that people will continue to shop at the neighborhood despite being charged parking fee.
B. The city could post signs with street parking time limits to ensure that parking spaces become available without forcing shoppers to pay at meters. – This option suggests a way to avoid paying parking fee by adhering to timelines. Being aware of time limits is not the same as not having to pay. There is no reason to believe that people would not be repelled merely by the time restrictions. They might still prefer to go to other malls having unrestricted free parking.
C. Currently, most shoppers in the neighborhood drive only occasionally to shop at malls in other neighborhoods. – This option just tells us the current scenario. Does not specify why people would continue to shop at the neighborhood despite being charged parking fee.
D. The neighborhood already contains a parking lot where shoppers must pay to park. – Not sufficient to conclude that people do not mind paying parking fee. May be the current parking lot is not being used at all.
E. The nearby malls with free parking have no parking time limits to help ensure that parking spaces in their lots become available. – This option in turn points out that other malls might not have parking space available. It does not rule out the possibility that people will go to other malls whenever they can find parking space at such malls.
A. Most shoppers dislike hunting for scarce street parking spaces much more than they dislike paying for metered parking spaces. – This answer correctly indicates that scarcity of parking space is a bigger problem than parking fee. If people are not going to other malls in current scenario, they would obviously not go to other malls once the scarcity problem is solved – even if they have to pay fee.
Problem: Street Parking is scarce.
Solution: Add parking meters (with time limits) to ensure parking spaces are generally available.
Kayla's objection: Plan will backfire as people don’t like to pay fee. They will drive to other neighborhoods to shop at malls with free parking.
We need to counter Kayla's objection. Correct answer must establish that plan will not backfire i.e. it must indicate that people will continue to shop at the neighborhood despite being charged parking fee.
B. The city could post signs with street parking time limits to ensure that parking spaces become available without forcing shoppers to pay at meters. – This option suggests a way to avoid paying parking fee by adhering to timelines. Being aware of time limits is not the same as not having to pay. There is no reason to believe that people would not be repelled merely by the time restrictions. They might still prefer to go to other malls having unrestricted free parking.
C. Currently, most shoppers in the neighborhood drive only occasionally to shop at malls in other neighborhoods. – This option just tells us the current scenario. Does not specify why people would continue to shop at the neighborhood despite being charged parking fee.
D. The neighborhood already contains a parking lot where shoppers must pay to park. – Not sufficient to conclude that people do not mind paying parking fee. May be the current parking lot is not being used at all.
E. The nearby malls with free parking have no parking time limits to help ensure that parking spaces in their lots become available. – This option in turn points out that other malls might not have parking space available. It does not rule out the possibility that people will go to other malls whenever they can find parking space at such malls.
A. Most shoppers dislike hunting for scarce street parking spaces much more than they dislike paying for metered parking spaces. – This answer correctly indicates that scarcity of parking space is a bigger problem than parking fee. If people are not going to other malls in current scenario, they would obviously not go to other malls once the scarcity problem is solved – even if they have to pay fee.
