| Critical Reasoning Butler: March 2025 |
| March 23 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 The juvenile literacy rate, number of adolescents per 100 who are literate, in Keating has risen forty percent over the previous three years ago. In Nickleby, the juvenile literacy rate has risen only twelve percent over the same time period. This data supports the conclusion that adolescents growing up in Keating are more likely to become literate than are adolescents growing up in Nickleby.
The argument above is flawed because it fails to take into account
A. how the juvenile population density of both Keating and Nickleby has changed over the past three years
B. what the juvenile literacy rates of Keating and Nickleby were three years ago
C. the change in the ratio of literate to illiterate juveniles three years ago and now in Keating and Nickleby
D. a comparison between the rate of juvenile population growth in Keating over the past three years and the corresponding rate in Nickleby
E. a comparison between expenditures on juvenile education made over the past three years in Keating and the same made in Nickleby
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CR 2 In spite of wide-ranging efforts to promote healthy dietary habits, the confectionery industry continued its rapid expansion last year, as evidenced by the sales of the dyes Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6, the three most common dyes used in commercial confection, which grew by thirteen percent to $8 billion.
In assessing the support provided by the evidence cited above for the statement that the confectionery industry continued to grow, in addition to the information above it would be most useful to know
A. whether all commodities in the wider economy increased in sales last year
B. the monetary value of Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 sales the year before last
C. the confectionery industry’s response towards the efforts to promote healthy dietary habits
D. whether Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 have any uses outside the confectionery industry
E. what effect the growth in the confectionery industry has on the dietary habits of the public