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But don't you think if we go with option D then, the number of tourist attraction was opened in both those beaches as both were top 3. So how come this weakens - the paradox remains same.
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04 Jan 2025, 19:29
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Hi Dream009,
Thank you for the question.
Reading the question and following the logic - you are correct, it seems D would mean that there was a tourist attraction opened at both the Marine and Jehu beach. However, i do not think that is an issue. As a matter of fact, Marine beach may have become more popular and had more people even than Jehu or more in % growth terms but that's not what we are after. We are worried about weakening the argument that the increase in visitors was due to an epidemic and thus people shifting from beach to another. This answer choice provides an alternative explanation why there has been an increase in visitors, thus weakening the argument to an extent. It does not explain the paradox but does provide a weakening to the conclusion.
P.S. I have made some small grammatical and flow adjustment to the question text. Hopefully without changing any meaning.
Thank you for the question.
Reading the question and following the logic - you are correct, it seems D would mean that there was a tourist attraction opened at both the Marine and Jehu beach. However, i do not think that is an issue. As a matter of fact, Marine beach may have become more popular and had more people even than Jehu or more in % growth terms but that's not what we are after. We are worried about weakening the argument that the increase in visitors was due to an epidemic and thus people shifting from beach to another. This answer choice provides an alternative explanation why there has been an increase in visitors, thus weakening the argument to an extent. It does not explain the paradox but does provide a weakening to the conclusion.
P.S. I have made some small grammatical and flow adjustment to the question text. Hopefully without changing any meaning.
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21 Mar 2025, 00:34
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This is the best reasoning I saw from all the above debates - there is a false impression that the author tried to create, which is there is a shift of visitor appeal from Marine to Juhu because of Marine's epidemic.
However, re-reading the question a few times allow me to realise that is not the case. Juhu's visitorship increased compared to its own record same time last year - does Marine's increase / hold flat / decrease? We don't know. It is also irrelevant. It could be true (which is not stated in the question) that Marine's visitorship also increased and exceeded that of its own same time last year.
Therefore, a testtaker can mistakenly think there is a correlation between Marine's decline (incorrectly assumed) and Juhu's outsized increase - this same mistake was made by the author in drawing their conclusion that Marine's epidemic caused (a shift in visitorship, which in turn caused) Juhu's increase.
Since this argument is already flawed and pretty weak, a 3rd reason that help explains Juhu's increase (again, regardless of its impact on Marine) would be a strong weakener.
Hope this helps anyone who also struggled as I did at first attempt.
However, re-reading the question a few times allow me to realise that is not the case. Juhu's visitorship increased compared to its own record same time last year - does Marine's increase / hold flat / decrease? We don't know. It is also irrelevant. It could be true (which is not stated in the question) that Marine's visitorship also increased and exceeded that of its own same time last year.
Therefore, a testtaker can mistakenly think there is a correlation between Marine's decline (incorrectly assumed) and Juhu's outsized increase - this same mistake was made by the author in drawing their conclusion that Marine's epidemic caused (a shift in visitorship, which in turn caused) Juhu's increase.
Since this argument is already flawed and pretty weak, a 3rd reason that help explains Juhu's increase (again, regardless of its impact on Marine) would be a strong weakener.
Hope this helps anyone who also struggled as I did at first attempt.
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