The sweetness of a beer is determined by its balance between unferment

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The sweetness of a beer is determined by its balance between unfermented malt sugars, which add sweetness, and hops, which add bitterness. When deciding among a number of recipes, therefore, a homebrewer who is interested in minimizing the sweetness of his or her beer would choose the recipe that contains the least amount of unfermented malt sugars.

Which of the following, if true, gives the strongest support to the recommendation above?

A. The single most important factor in determining the character of a beer's flavor is its degree of sweetness.
B. There is no significant difference in cost between recipes that result in a high amount of unfermented malt sugar and those that result in a low amount of unfermented malt sugar.
C. The amount of hops used is the same in all the available recipes.
D. Most homebrewers are interested in minimizing the sweetness of the beer they brew.
E. It is possible for homebrewers to brew a beer that is less sweet than most commercially available beers.

winterschool · Answer

A. The single most important factor in determining the character of a beer's flavor is its degree of sweetness.

additional info, neither support nor weakens argument

B. There is no significant difference in cost between recipes that result in a high amount of unfermented malt sugar and those that result in a low amount of unfermented malt sugar.

cost is irrelevant

C. The amount of hops used is the same in all the available recipes.

so, decrease the amount of sweetness is enough. support argument. hence correct choice

D. Most homebrewers are interested in minimizing the sweetness of the beer they brew.

irrelevant

E. It is possible for homebrewers to brew a beer that is less sweet than most commercially available beers.

irrelevant

aparajita1125 · Answer

Option C supports the argument.

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shishir99776655 · Answer

option c 
since amount of hops used is the same in all the available recipes we can now focus on amount of unfermented malt sugars only

wadhwakaran · Answer

The sweetness of a beer is determined by its balance between unfermented malt sugars, which add sweetness, and hops, which add bitterness. When deciding among a number of recipes, therefore, a homebrewer who is interested in minimizing the sweetness of his or her beer would choose the recipe that contains the least amount of unfermented malt sugars.

Z--- Sweetness of a beer
X--- Unfermented malt sugars
Y--- Hops

Z= X-Y

To minimize Z, the brewer can either decrease X or increase Y but the conclusion says that the brewer can reduce X meaning thereby that Y cannot be changed.
Thus, Y is nearly same in all the beers. Option C

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