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The number of automobile thefts has declined steadily during the past five years, and it is more likely now than it was five years ago that someone who steals a car will be convicted of the crime.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the facts cited above?

(A) Although there are fewer car thieves now than there were five years ago, the proportion of thieves who tend to abandon cars before their owners notice that they have been stolen has also decreased.

(B) Car alarms are more common than they were five years ago, but their propensity to be triggered in the absence of any criminal activity has resulted in people generally ignoring them when they are triggered.

(C) An upsurge in home burglaries over the last five years has required police departments to divert limited resources to investigation of these cases.

(D) Because of the increasingly lucrative market for stolen automobile parts, many stolen cars are quickly disassembled and the parts are sold to various buyers across the country.

(E) There are more adolescent car thieves now than there were five years ago, and the sentences given to young criminals tend to be far more lenient than those given to adult criminals.

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Let, five years ago the number of thieves was 100 and if the proportion of thieves who tend to abandon cars before their owners notice was 40%, the likelihood of conviction of crime was 60%.

Now again let, the number of thieves is decreased to 10 and if the proportion of thieves who tend to abandon cars before their owners notice is decreased to 20%, the likelihood of conviction of crime would be 80%, a percentage more than that of five years ago.

So, correct answer would be A.

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The number of automobile thefts has declined steadily during the past five years, and it is more likely now than it was five years ago that someone who steals a car will be convicted of the crime.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the facts cited above?

(A) Although there are fewer car thieves now than there were five years ago, the proportion of thieves who tend to abandon cars before their owners notice that they have been stolen has also decreased. ( CORRECT, very logical. that means that more and more thiefs tend dont abandon the car during the theft despite the fact that owner of the car notices a thief) becoming a thief got a tough job :lol:

(B) Car alarms are more common than they were five years ago, but their propensity to be triggered in the absence of any criminal activity has resulted in people generally ignoring them when they are triggered. this doesnt help to explain the citied facts. so what that alarm is triggered when theft is not happening, to the contrary, if such things happen then number of there is less probabilty that thiefs are caught


(C) An upsurge in home burglaries over the last five years has required police departments to divert limited resources to investigation of these cases. (out of scope)

(D) Because of the increasingly lucrative market for stolen automobile parts, many stolen cars are quickly disassembled and the parts are sold to various buyers across the country. ( doesnt explain, unless each part of stolen automobile had a distinct code that was tracked from space shuttle :lol: )

(E) There are more adolescent car thieves now than there were five years ago, and the sentences given to young criminals tend to be far more lenient than those given to adult criminals. (out of scope)
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The number of automobile thefts has declined steadily during the past five years, and it is more likely now than it was five years ago that someone who steals a car will be convicted of the crime.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the facts cited above?

(A) Although there are fewer car thieves now than there were five years ago, the proportion of thieves who tend to abandon cars before their owners notice that they have been stolen has also decreased.

(B) Car alarms are more common than they were five years ago, but their propensity to be triggered in the absence of any criminal activity has resulted in people generally ignoring them when they are triggered.

(C) An upsurge in home burglaries over the last five years has required police departments to divert limited resources to investigation of these cases.

(D) Because of the increasingly lucrative market for stolen automobile parts, many stolen cars are quickly disassembled and the parts are sold to various buyers across the country.

(E) There are more adolescent car thieves now than there were five years ago, and the sentences given to young criminals tend to be far more lenient than those given to adult criminals.

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C- out of scope
D- Wekaener
E- Wekaener

A- correct answer

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The number of automobile thefts has declined steadily during the past five years, and it is more likely now than it was five years ago that someone who steals a car will be convicted of the crime.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the facts cited above?

(A) Although there are fewer car thieves now than there were five years ago, the proportion of thieves who tend to abandon cars before their owners notice that they have been stolen has also decreased. - CORRECT. More number of thieves found with stolen cars more the conviction, or lesser they are less the conviction.

(B) Car alarms are more common than they were five years ago, but their propensity to be triggered in the absence of any criminal activity has resulted in people generally ignoring them when they are triggered. - WRONG. Irrelevant. Nothing happens to the passage as it remains as it is.

(C) An upsurge in home burglaries over the last five years has required police departments to divert limited resources to investigation of these cases. - WRONG. Like B this is not doing anythign to the passage.

(D) Because of the increasingly lucrative market for stolen automobile parts, many stolen cars are quickly disassembled and the parts are sold to various buyers across the country. - WRONG. Irrelevant. 

(E) There are more adolescent car thieves now than there were five years ago, and the sentences given to young criminals tend to be far more lenient than those given to adult criminals. - WORNG. Second best for me. But the problem is with new element bring forth in this that does nothing to the passage. 

Answer A.
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