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Electric washing machines, first introduced in the United States in 1925, significantly reduced the amount of time spent washing a given amount of clothes, yet the average amount of time households spent washing clothes increased after 1925. This increase is partially accounted for by the fact that many urban households had previously sent their clothes to professional laundries. But the average amount of time spent washing clothes also increased for rural households with no access to professional laundries.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the time spent washing clothes increased in rural areas?
A People with access to an electric washing machine typically wore their clothes many fewer times before washing them than did people without access to electric washing machines.
B Households that had sent their clothes to professional laundries before 1925 were more likely than other households to purchase an electric washing machine when they became available.
C People living in urban households that had previously sent their clothes to professional laundries typically owned more clothes than did people living in rural households.
D The earliest electric washing machines required the user to spend much more time beside the machine than do modern electric washing machines.
E In the 1920s and 1930s the proportion of rural households with electricity was smaller than the proportion of urban households with electricity.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the time spent washing clothes increased in rural areas?
A People with access to an electric washing machine typically wore their clothes many fewer times before washing them than did people without access to electric washing machines.
B Households that had sent their clothes to professional laundries before 1925 were more likely than other households to purchase an electric washing machine when they became available.
C People living in urban households that had previously sent their clothes to professional laundries typically owned more clothes than did people living in rural households.
D The earliest electric washing machines required the user to spend much more time beside the machine than do modern electric washing machines.
E In the 1920s and 1930s the proportion of rural households with electricity was smaller than the proportion of urban households with electricity.
16 Feb 2018, 18:46
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+1 A
First,choice B and C can be eliminated because rural households has nothing to do with professional laundries.
choice D is also out cause we are not comparing new machines to old machines.
choice E is out cause we are comparing rural houses before and after 1925.Not the urban to rural after 1925.
Only A remains that says that People with access to an electric washing machine typically wore their clothes many fewer times before washing them than they used to wear before 1925.So they washed the same clothes more times during an week or month after 1925 than they had done previously.
First,choice B and C can be eliminated because rural households has nothing to do with professional laundries.
choice D is also out cause we are not comparing new machines to old machines.
choice E is out cause we are comparing rural houses before and after 1925.Not the urban to rural after 1925.
Only A remains that says that People with access to an electric washing machine typically wore their clothes many fewer times before washing them than they used to wear before 1925.So they washed the same clothes more times during an week or month after 1925 than they had done previously.
17 Feb 2018, 00:36
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IMO A.
A. Explains why rural households too had increased average time for washing clothes. Urban households were sending their clothes to professional cleaners but rural households, even if they were not sending it to professionals for cleaning, had started wearing their clothes fewer times than they did previously and hence the result was increase in average time.
B. Likely, not certainly. Hence cannot assume anything here.
C. Owned more clothes cannot be related to washed more clothes, or spent more time washing clothes with certainty. Also, the paradox is why the washing time increased in rural households with no access to professional services. This information presented does not help.
D. Out of scope.
E. We need to know about rural to rural changes that prompted increased washing time, not urban to rural. Irrelevant.
A. Explains why rural households too had increased average time for washing clothes. Urban households were sending their clothes to professional cleaners but rural households, even if they were not sending it to professionals for cleaning, had started wearing their clothes fewer times than they did previously and hence the result was increase in average time.
B. Likely, not certainly. Hence cannot assume anything here.
C. Owned more clothes cannot be related to washed more clothes, or spent more time washing clothes with certainty. Also, the paradox is why the washing time increased in rural households with no access to professional services. This information presented does not help.
D. Out of scope.
E. We need to know about rural to rural changes that prompted increased washing time, not urban to rural. Irrelevant.
