AshutoshB wrote:
Economist: If the economy grows stronger, employment will increase, and hence more parents will need to find day care for their young children. Unfortunately, in a stronger economy many day-care workers will quit to take better-paying jobs in other fields. Therefore, a stronger economy is likely to make it much more difficult to find day care.
Which one of the following is an assumption the economist's argument requires?
(A) If the economy grows stronger, most of the new jobs that are created will be in fields that pay well.
(B) If the economy grows stronger, the number of new day-care workers will not be significantly greater than the number of day-care workers who move to better-paying
jobs in other fields.
(C) If the economy grows stronger, the number of workers employed by day-care centers is likely to decrease.
(D) The shortage of day care for children is unlikely to worsen unless employment increases and many day-care center employees quit to take better-paying jobs in other
fields.
(E) The total number of young children in day-care centers will decrease if the cost of day care increases significantly.
LSAT
KUDOS will be Appreciated
Conclusion: stronger economy is likely to make it much more difficult to find day care....... tone is not very strong as "likely" is used
Why??
[Argument] 1. many day-care workers will quit to take better-paying jobs in "other field"--- to be noted "other field"
2. employment increase ---- "more people getting employed"
Lets negate conclusion: Not difficult to find day care
but how to say that...
[What if] there are people who can do this job and they are more in number than those guys who left for high paying jobs
[what if] Few people are passionate enough to care for child and are not so much fixated on money
For Assumption ---- think both [What if] scenarios won't exist
If we do that you will come to Option B, which is right answer
Also since we talked about tone of the conclusion, please be mindful of some answers where tone is strong, not a must one in assumption but will be helpful to be aware of the same
Please hit kudos if you like the style of answer.