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The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm.

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases.
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The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm.（C）

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases.
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The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm.（C）

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases.
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IMO C. We are looking for something which completes the argument to conclude that grizzly bear is as dangerous as other mentioned things.

While the author has only provided premise that the number of fatalities in all 3 cases is same. There the assumption is that dangerous-ness is reflected by equality of fatalities.

Try negation test to re-confirm
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The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm.（C）

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases.
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I fell for a trap inst the conclusion over here is "therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf".

If I'm looking for what else must be true to validate the conclusion, how is A not right if we do a negation test with A ?? Such as Most incidents involving grizzly bears are not fatal, in this case, the conclusion is broken. Hence this can be a valid choice. Please guide where am I going wrong ??
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The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm.（C）

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases.

I fell for a trap inst the conclusion over here is "therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf".

If I'm looking for what else must be true to validate the conclusion, how is A not right if we do a negation test with A ?? Such as Most incidents involving grizzly bears are not fatal, in this case, the conclusion is broken. Hence this can be a valid choice. Please guide where am I going wrong ??
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because the premise is comparing fatalities and says that fatalities from all these sources are equal. Premise is a fact. It has to be true no matter what conclusion you draw.
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Sir, why not E please explain
As i also answered C
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Conclusion of the argument-> Grizzly bear is as dangerous as electrocution by electric blenders or a lightning on golf courses because the same number of people are killed in all three. A correlation is made among all three.

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal. Incorrect, the author is discussing number of people killed. Fatal accidents may or may not lead to deaths.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were. Incorrect, no point about how dangerous grizzly bears were, is discussed.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness. Correct, author make the comparison by using the number of death in a particular year and use this statistics to corelate all three causes.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm. Incorrect, Conclusion is about corelation among the 3 causes beacuse of the number of deaths and not about one particular cause i:e Golf Course.

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases. Incorrect, Suppose they have 1 death in each case, (which satisfy that these 3 are equally dangerous as per the coorelation made) out of let's say 10,000 cases due to the causes mentioned. But 1 out of 10,000 is not majority of cases.

Choice C.
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Sir, why not E please explain

As i also answered C
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The author concludes that "a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf." We're looking for an assumption on which this conclusion relies.

Here's (E):

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(E) discusses the proportion of cases that result in death. Specifically, to be considered dangerous, something must result in death more than half of the time.

Look again at the conclusion -- the things that the author deems "dangerous" include electric blenders and golf. Does the author assume that these things result in death more than half of the time?

Nope, that's not his/her argument at all. The author doesn't care about proportions. Instead, he/she cares about the total number of deaths. This total number is, according to the author, a good way to judge how dangerous something is. The proportion of how many people die in these scenarios could be way lower than half.

That's why (E) is not an assumption on which the argument relies.

I hope that helps!
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The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal. - WRONG. It's like E only, just that it has been rephrased.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were. - WRONG. What grizzlies used to be like in past is not covered in the passage.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness. - CORRECT. If not then passage conclusion is difficult to hold.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm. - WRONG. Not a right way to assume while considering other factors.

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases. - WRONG. Whenever "only"(bit extreme) is used it's a red flag that needs special attention. Deaths are common in all cases but why it has to be majority of cases. It's not a necessity. If it is then we need to look into other factors too for what majority cases are in those ones.

Answer C.
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