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17 Jul 2022, 04:45
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The average life expectancy of people who drink alcohol heavily is lower than that of people who do not drink heavily, and people who smoke tobacco have lower life expectancies on average than those who refrain from smoking. Yet the average life expectancy of people who both drink heavily and smoke tends to decrease when such people give up drinking.
Which one of the following most helps to reconcile the discrepancy described above?
(A) Most heavy drinkers who are also smokers tend to smoke more heavily if they stop drinking.
(B) The life expectancy of smokers who stop smoking increases, even if they have smoked for many years.
(C) The average life expectancy of relatively light smokers is lower than that of people who have never smoked at all.
(D) The life expectancy of smokers who are heavy drinkers usually increases if they give up both smoking and drinking.
(E) Most heavy smokers who are not heavy drinkers tend to gain weight if they stop smoking.
Which one of the following most helps to reconcile the discrepancy described above?
(A) Most heavy drinkers who are also smokers tend to smoke more heavily if they stop drinking.
(B) The life expectancy of smokers who stop smoking increases, even if they have smoked for many years.
(C) The average life expectancy of relatively light smokers is lower than that of people who have never smoked at all.
(D) The life expectancy of smokers who are heavy drinkers usually increases if they give up both smoking and drinking.
(E) Most heavy smokers who are not heavy drinkers tend to gain weight if they stop smoking.
RohitKakkar
GMAT 2: 670 Q49 V33
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18 Jan 2023, 23:40
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Premise 1- The average life expectancy of people who drink alcohol heavily is lower than that of people who do not drink heavily
Premise 2- people who smoke tobacco have lower life expectancies on average than those who refrain from smoking.
Conclusion: Yet the average life expectancy of people who both drink heavily and smoke tends to decrease when such people give up drinking.
We need to find an answer that convinces us that average expectancy decreases even if drinking is given up.
A) Best explanation one thing is stopped and dependency in the other increases which in turn reduces the life expectancy
Premise 2- people who smoke tobacco have lower life expectancies on average than those who refrain from smoking.
Conclusion: Yet the average life expectancy of people who both drink heavily and smoke tends to decrease when such people give up drinking.
We need to find an answer that convinces us that average expectancy decreases even if drinking is given up.
A) Best explanation one thing is stopped and dependency in the other increases which in turn reduces the life expectancy
