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Updated on: 22 Jul 2018, 08:46
Originally posted by mojorising800 on 31 Jan 2010, 14:01.
Last edited by Bunuel on 22 Jul 2018, 08:46, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 22 Jul 2018, 08:46, edited 2 times in total.
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There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt. Two million couples are currently waiting to adopt, but in 1982, the last year for which figures exist, there were only some 50,000 adoptions.
Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the author’s claim that there are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt?
(A) The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly in the last decade.
(B) The number of adoptions in the current year is greater than the number of adoptions in any preceding year.
(C) The number of adoptions in a year is approximately equal to the number of children available for adoption in that period.
(D) People who seek to adopt children often go through a long process of interviews and investigation by adoption agencies.
(E) People who seek to adopt children generally make very good parents.
Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the author’s claim that there are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt?
(A) The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly in the last decade.
(B) The number of adoptions in the current year is greater than the number of adoptions in any preceding year.
(C) The number of adoptions in a year is approximately equal to the number of children available for adoption in that period.
(D) People who seek to adopt children often go through a long process of interviews and investigation by adoption agencies.
(E) People who seek to adopt children generally make very good parents.
02 Feb 2010, 04:44
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This argument is yet another example of "shift of the scope" trick that GMAC so loves to pull out.
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Conclusion
Number of adoptions == Number of children available for adoption
Answ (C) does exactly the same
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That's simply a statement of fact. The number of people who want to adopt is compared with the number of adoptions
Conclusion
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In this conclusion number of people who want to adopt is compared with children available for adoption. This comparison is quite different from that in the premise. If we want to show validity of the conclusion - we somehow should establish following connection:
Number of adoptions == Number of children available for adoption
Answ (C) does exactly the same
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31 Jan 2010, 14:16
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There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who
want to adopt. Two million couples are currently waiting to adopt, but in 1982,
the last year for which figures exist, there were only some 50,000 adoptions.
Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the author’s claim
that there are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who
want to adopt?
(A) The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly in the last
decade.
(B) The number of adoptions in the current year is greater than the number of
adoptions in any preceding year.
(C) The number of adoptions in a year is approximately equal to the number of
children available for adoption in that period.
(D) People who seek to adopt children often go through a long process of
interviews and investigation by adoption agencies.
(E) People who seek to adopt children generally make very good parents.
Would go with C....
C strengths the no of adoption with the available children..... this gives the statement in the stem - "but in 1982, the last year for which figures exist, there were only some 50,000 adoptions." clear significance that no of children are few....!
want to adopt. Two million couples are currently waiting to adopt, but in 1982,
the last year for which figures exist, there were only some 50,000 adoptions.
Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the author’s claim
that there are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who
want to adopt?
(A) The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly in the last
decade.
(B) The number of adoptions in the current year is greater than the number of
adoptions in any preceding year.
(C) The number of adoptions in a year is approximately equal to the number of
children available for adoption in that period.
(D) People who seek to adopt children often go through a long process of
interviews and investigation by adoption agencies.
(E) People who seek to adopt children generally make very good parents.
Would go with C....
C strengths the no of adoption with the available children..... this gives the statement in the stem - "but in 1982, the last year for which figures exist, there were only some 50,000 adoptions." clear significance that no of children are few....!
