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Although I got the answer without using Test of Extreme!

Let me do it here.

Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the mayor’s conclusion?

A) The manner in which other towns in the state have funded the construction of their libraries.
Irrelevant even if they do something else it wont have an impact on the conclusion.
Neither strength nor weakness!

B) Whether visitors to Coast Town's beach will reduce the frequency of their visits in response to the fee.
Yes - Ok if this a case then the construction of a new library will not be completed with in 3 years.
No - Great! the construction of a new library will be completed with in 3 years.

C) How many people visited Coast Town's beach last year.
Irrelevant - As in the argument it is already mentioned
that at current levels of visitation, the revenue generated from the beach visitation fee will pay for the new library within three years.

D) How many other beaches lie within convenient driving distance from Coast Town.
So what ! Remember : Trap answers will try to get us to make additional assumptions! It is a Trap!

E) The average level of household income of residents in Coast Town.
Out of scope!
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Can somebody explain to me why is the answer is B and not C?
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It might help to know what put you off B and on to C. Others have covered B quite well. For C, I'd say that we don't have any specific numbers here at all. We don't know the cost of the library, the size of the fee, etc. So even if we were told that, say, 10,000 people visited the beach last year, we wouldn't know what to do with that information. In any case, we've been told that the fee is enough to cover the costs if people continue to visit at current levels, whatever those are. So we don't need to know anything about the actual number--we just need to know whether it will meet/exceed current levels or drop, and that's what B addresses.

In general, be very wary of answers that ask for specific numbers. Often, that kind of information wouldn't help us to evaluate the argument unless we had a lot of other specific information, as well. Remember that we trust the premises. If they say current levels will do, then current levels will do.
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Can somebody explain to me why is the answer is B and not C?
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