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Roland: The alarming fact is that 90 percent of the people in this country now report that they know someone who is unemployed.
Sharon: But a normal, moderate level of unemployment is 5 percent, with 1 out of 20 workers unemployed. So at any given time if a person knows approximately 50 workers, 1 or more will very likely be unemployed.
Sharon's argument is structured to lead to which of the following as a conclusion?
(A) The fact that 90% of the people know someone who is unemployed is not an indication that unemployment is abnormally high.
(B) The current level of unemployment is not moderate.
(C) If at least 5% of workers are unemployed, the result of questioning a representative group of people cannot be the percentage Roland cites.
(D) It is unlikely that the people whose statements Roland cites are giving accurate reports.
(E) If an unemployment figure is given as a certain percent, the actual percentage of those without jobs is even higher.
"Roland" Assumption Question
Sharon: But a normal, moderate level of unemployment is 5 percent, with 1 out of 20 workers unemployed. So at any given time if a person knows approximately 50 workers, 1 or more will very likely be unemployed.
Sharon's argument is structured to lead to which of the following as a conclusion?
(A) The fact that 90% of the people know someone who is unemployed is not an indication that unemployment is abnormally high.
(B) The current level of unemployment is not moderate.
(C) If at least 5% of workers are unemployed, the result of questioning a representative group of people cannot be the percentage Roland cites.
(D) It is unlikely that the people whose statements Roland cites are giving accurate reports.
(E) If an unemployment figure is given as a certain percent, the actual percentage of those without jobs is even higher.
"Roland" Assumption Question
14 Dec 2012, 01:19
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Hi,
Let's first understand the argument at hand:
Roland says that "The alarming fact is that a fact".
'A Fact' stands for the information that 90 percent of the people in this country now report that they know someone who is unemployed.
Now, there are two parts of Roland's statement. One (latter part) is a fact and the other ("The alarming fact") is a judgement.
Sharon's argument starts with a "But". It means she is either going to counter the judgment or the fact.
In this case, the statement of Sharon clearly does not counter the Roland's fact. It says that at a moderate level of employment, it is likely for people to know at least one person who is employed. So, basically, she counters the judgement of Roland which says that the fact presents some alarming information.
This is what is stated by Option A, which says that the fact doesn't imply that the unemployment is abnormally high (or alarmingly high).
Therefore, the correct choice is option A.
Let's look at other options:
Option C and D can be eliminated on the basis of our discussion. Sharon does not counter the fact cited by Roland.
Option B goes against the Sharon's statement while option E is completely irrelevant.
Critical Reasoning questions are also asked in the new IR section of GMAT. Click on the below image to access a critical reasoning IR question with detailed approach to such questions.
Hope this helps
Thanks,
Chiranjeev
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30 Jul 2004, 21:23
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let see if I understood it correctly.
5% unemployed = 5 out of 100
if a person knows 50 people, then probability is that 2.5 are unemployed (5%of 50).
thus, if we have a group of 10000 people(90%public who knows + workes)--> 500 are likely to be unemployed. 500 of 10000 is not big of an unemployment.
Sharon accepts the fact that 90% know someone who is unemployed, but that effect if nullified by 5% unemployement.
A it is.
5% unemployed = 5 out of 100
if a person knows 50 people, then probability is that 2.5 are unemployed (5%of 50).
thus, if we have a group of 10000 people(90%public who knows + workes)--> 500 are likely to be unemployed. 500 of 10000 is not big of an unemployment.
Sharon accepts the fact that 90% know someone who is unemployed, but that effect if nullified by 5% unemployement.
A it is.
