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The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it can fail to heed its environmentalist message. Members of the Earth Association have given away 2,000 copies in the last month. Thus the Earth Association can justly claim credit for at least 2,000 people in one month converted to the environmentalist cause.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?


(A) No other environmental organization gave away copies of To Save the Earth during the month in which the Earth Association gave away its 2,000 copies.

(B) The people to whom the Earth Association gave copies of To Save the Earth would not have been willing to pay to receive it from the Earth Association.

(C) The copies of To Save the Earth given away by members of the Earth Association were printed on recycled paper.

(D) None of those who received To Save the Earth from a member of the Earth Association were already committed to the environmentalist cause when they received this book.

(E) Every recipient of To Save the Earth will embrace the environmental program advocated by the Earth Association.
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Re: The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it [#permalink] The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it   21 Feb 2020, 13:22
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Premise - everyone will heed the message (Fact)
Conclusion - The Earth Association can justly claim credit for at least 2,000 people in one month converted to the environmentalist cause.

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Will all 2k people embrace it?

A - not concerned about other org.
B - we cant derive a correlation saying if someone who pays for it will definitely read it
C - printed on recycled paper does not matter

D- Leave it in. Ex - if 2k were not committed and on reading the book, they get persuaded to commit to the cause, then the company's claim is valid.

E - Hits the assumption. Leave it in.

hmm..? tough choice between D and E
but wait if we observe the premise carefully, it clearly states that the book is so "persuasive" that any one who reads it would definitely heed the cause. Hence, the earlier stated assumption(Will all 2k people embrace it?) can be neglected.

Consider a negation technique for D
Some or All those who received the book were already committed to the cause, say 500. This implies the remaining 1500 were persuaded to commit to the cause after reading the book, hence the conclusion - "atleast" 2k people have converted to the envt cause fails because only 1500 did(1500<2000), fails.

Answer : D
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Re: The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it [#permalink] The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it   22 Feb 2020, 19:37
Obviously it is D since if there are 100 people who are already members of the environmentalist, so at max will be 1900 people will become ones. Option D is necessary for the author to make that conclusion
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Re: The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it [#permalink] The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it   28 Oct 2020, 13:30
But the argument is dependent on reading the book and not on owning the book, what if none of them read the book?
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Re: The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it [#permalink] The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it   10 May 2023, 05:03
Can anyone please elaborate why D is the correct answer choice and not E?

My reasoning went like this:

Conclusion: the EA can claim credit for at least 2k people in one month converted to the cause
- members of the EA have given away 2k copies in the last month
- the book is so persuasive that everyone who reads it, understands the message

(D) None of those who received To Save the Earth from a member of the Earth Association were already committed to the environmentalist cause when they received this book.
So the people who received the book weren't committed to the cause. If the EA gave away 2k copies in the last month, how can we assure that the EA converted these people? I understand that the book is so persuasive that everyone who reads it understands the message, but what if some or most of the recipients didn't read the book?

(E) Every recipient of To Save the Earth will embrace the environmental program advocated by the Earth Association.
If every recipient of the book (stating that they've read the book) embraced the environmental program, then surely that MUST BE TRUE for the author to reach it's conclusion that the EA claim credit for at least 2k people converted to the cause
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Re: The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it [#permalink] The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it   09 Feb 2024, 14:16
rocky620 wrote:
But the argument is dependent on reading the book and not on owning the book, what if none of them read the book?

­That could be a right anwser generally, but you cant choose it on this one.
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Re: The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it [#permalink] The book To Save the Earth is so persuasive that no one who reads it   01 Jun 2024, 09:12
One assumption is that the MEA gave 2000 copies to people, all of whom read the book and were persuaded to convert to environmentalist cause.

Option A, B & C can be easily eliminated.
Finding the correct answer between D and E will need some careful analysis.

I see 2 flaws in E.- Every recipient of To Save the Earth will embrace the environmental program advocated by the Earth Association.
1) Every recipient of the book doesn't equate to them, actually reading the book and converting to the cause.
2) Even if every recipient actually read the book, they would not necessarily embrace program advocated by MEA. They might just become little more aware and contribute at their respective levels.
Basically, lot of indirect linkages which may or may not be true. Hence, E is rejected.

(D) None of those who received To Save the Earth from a member of the Earth Association were already committed to the environmentalist cause when they received this book.

D is correct because if none of the people were earlier committed to the cause, then it makes sense that after reading the persuasive book, they will convert. 
On the other hand, if some of them were already committed to the cause, it would falsify the conclusion that MEA converted at least 2,000 people to environmentalist causes. Hence, D is the correct answer.
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