Q13: It is true of both men and women that those who marry

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Q13:
It is true of both men and women that those who marry as young adults live longer than those who never marry. This dose not show that marriage causes people to live longer, since, as compared with other people of the same age, young adults who are about to get married have fewer of the unhealthy habits that can cause a person to have a shorter life, most notably smoking and immoderate drinking of alcohol.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?

A. Marriage tends to cause people to engage less regularly in sports that involve risk of bodily harm.
B. A married person who has an unhealthy habit is more likely to give up that habit than a person with the same habit who is unmarried.
C. A person who smokes is much more likely than a nonsmoker to marry a person who smokes at the time of marriage, and the same is true for people who drink alcohol immoderately.
D. Among people who marry as young adults, most of those who give up an unhealthy habit after marriage do not resume the habit later in life.
E. Among people who as young adults neither drink alcohol immoderately nor smoke, those who never marry live as long as those who marry.

plaguerabbit · Answer

hmm, I'll go with E here.

The argument is presented differently here...the author is saying that it's not just marriage itself that causes people to live longer, it's the fact that people who marry have healthier habits.

A would tend to waeken the argument, so no.

B would also tend to weaken the argument by saying marriage is the cause of good health

C is just irrelevant and doesn't affect the argument either way

D says that they are giving up the unhealthy habit after marriage, whereas the author is saying that people who get married have less of these habits at the time of marriage. Sort of irrelevant

E This one directly refutes the first sentence, which is what the author is arguing against. This one says that it's not marriage that causes long lives, it's healthy habits, because people with healthy habits that who don't marry live as long as those that do marry

r019h · Answer

all of the answers weaken the author's argument except E, so it's a pretty clear E.

subhen · Answer

I will go with E as well because that best strengthens the conclusion.

A. Marriage tends to cause people to engage less regularly in sports that involve risk of bodily harm.  Out of Scope 
B. A married person who has an unhealthy habit is more likely to give up that habit than a person with the same habit who is unmarried.  Weakens 
C. A person who smokes is much more likely than a nonsmoker to marry a person who smokes at the time of marriage, and the same is true for people who drink alcohol immoderately.  Irrelevant 
D. Among people who marry as young adults, most of those who give up an unhealthy habit after marriage do not resume the habit later in life.  Weakens 
E. Among people who as young adults neither drink alcohol immoderately nor smoke, those who never marry live as long as those who marry.  Strengthens

nehanishika · Answer

will go with E
it is the only which srenthens the argument

jet1445 · Answer

could someone explain more ?

The OA is D

Q13: It is true of both men and women that those who marry

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