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New Weight Loss Salons invite all of you who are dissatisfied with your present build to join our Exercise for Lunch Bunch. Instead of putting on even more weight by eating lunch, you actually cut down on your daily caloric intake by exercising rather than eating. Every single one of us has the potential to be slim and fit, so take the initiative and begin losing excess pounds today. Don’t eat! Exercise! You’ll lose weight and feel stronger, happier, and more attractive.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the logic of the argument made by the advertisement?

(A) Nutritionists agree that it is permissible to skip lunch but it is not a good idea to skip breakfast.
(B) Most people will experience increased desire for food as a result of the exercise and will lose little weight as a result of enrolling in the program.
(C) In our society, obesity is regarded as unattractive.
(D) A person who is too thin is probably not in good health.
(E) Not everyone is dissatisfied with his or her present build or body weight.

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A, C, D - irrelevant.

Between B and E
E - author does not advert to all the people, but to those who want to lose weight
B attacks the conclusion and weakens the argument
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One of the most common patterns to look for with this type of question is the “surprise result,” that is, an unanticipated factor that defeats the expected outcome.

(B) fits this pattern: you’ll be so hungry from the workout that you’ll eat more. (Remember that you are told to accept the soundness of each of the answer choices.) The other choices just don’t have the same logical “zip.”

Anyway, (A) seems to strengthen the argument: it’s okay to do what the ad suggests.

And (C) doesn’t focus on the logic of the ad—even though it probably helps to explain why the ad might be effective.

(D) and (E) are wrong because they address issues that are not really on the table, so to speak; the ad is not addressing those who are already happy nor those who are overly thin.

The correct answer is (B).
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