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Even though people love chocolate for its taste and health benefits, not many are aware that chocolate can be quite toxic when fed to dogs. Oblivious to this fact, pet owners frequently feed their dogs with chocolate and soon after, rush their pets to veterinary clinics. However, over the past three years, the number of such cases has gone down drastically in Pupper Town. Clearly, pet owners in this place must have become more aware of the fact that chocolate must not be fed to dogs.
Which of the following statements best helps evaluate the argument?
A. Whether the number of dog owners remained constant over the last 3 years.
B. Whether town adjoining pupper town have experienced a similar decrease.
C. Whether with an increased availability of dog-safety kits, more and more pet owners have opted to treat their pets at home to reduce wastage of time transporting the pet to a veterinary clinic.
D. Whether the cost of insuring a dog has come down over the last three years.
E. Whether the amount of chocolate sold in Pupper Town decreased over the last 3 years.
Which of the following statements best helps evaluate the argument?
A. Whether the number of dog owners remained constant over the last 3 years.
B. Whether town adjoining pupper town have experienced a similar decrease.
C. Whether with an increased availability of dog-safety kits, more and more pet owners have opted to treat their pets at home to reduce wastage of time transporting the pet to a veterinary clinic.
D. Whether the cost of insuring a dog has come down over the last three years.
E. Whether the amount of chocolate sold in Pupper Town decreased over the last 3 years.
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Conculsion : Pet owners in this place must have become more aware of the fact that chocolate must not be fed to dogs.
(A) How does the number of dog owners affect the conclusion? What if the number of dog owners has changed? Does it change the number of dog owners who feed chocolate to their dogs? Not necessarily
(B) Out of scope of the argument. Irrelevant
(C) If this is true, this means people are treating their dogs at home. Hence, the number of cases taken to hospitals will decrease.
If this is not true, then if the number of people feeding chocolate to their dogs remained constant (or even increased), then the number of cases reported in hospitals should have increased. This could be the probable answer
(D) Cost of insuring the dog is irrelevant to the argument. Reject
(E) If the sale has reduced, it doesn't necessarily mean that people have reduced feeding their dogs with chocolate. What if people themselves have stopped eating chocolate? Reduced sales don't imply a decrease in the number of people who feed chocolate to their dogs. Doesn't help to evaluate the argument, reject this
=> Answer: (C)
(A) How does the number of dog owners affect the conclusion? What if the number of dog owners has changed? Does it change the number of dog owners who feed chocolate to their dogs? Not necessarily
(B) Out of scope of the argument. Irrelevant
(C) If this is true, this means people are treating their dogs at home. Hence, the number of cases taken to hospitals will decrease.
If this is not true, then if the number of people feeding chocolate to their dogs remained constant (or even increased), then the number of cases reported in hospitals should have increased. This could be the probable answer
(D) Cost of insuring the dog is irrelevant to the argument. Reject
(E) If the sale has reduced, it doesn't necessarily mean that people have reduced feeding their dogs with chocolate. What if people themselves have stopped eating chocolate? Reduced sales don't imply a decrease in the number of people who feed chocolate to their dogs. Doesn't help to evaluate the argument, reject this
=> Answer: (C)
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It's not even clear what the argument is describing. It says the number of "such cases" has gone down, but we don't know if that means "cases of chocolate poisoning" or if it means "cases where dogs were taken to the vet." So it's not clear even what we're trying to evaluate.
C is only a good answer if you interpret "such cases" to mean "cases where the dog went to the vet". That's not how I'd interpret the phrase, since normally if we take about a "case" in a medical context ("a case of food poisoning") that doesn't necessarily imply someone went to a doctor. If C is true, then you'd expect vet visits to drop even if people are still feeding their dogs chocolate. So C would help to explain why vet visits have gone down.
E is the best answer though if you interpret "such cases" to mean either "cases of chocolate poisoning" or "cases where the dog went to the vet". If people are buying less chocolate -- imagine an extreme where they're buying none at all -- then cases of chocolate poisoning of dogs would drop even if the population had not become increasingly aware of chocolate's toxic effects. So I don't see any way to choose between C and E in this question.
C is only a good answer if you interpret "such cases" to mean "cases where the dog went to the vet". That's not how I'd interpret the phrase, since normally if we take about a "case" in a medical context ("a case of food poisoning") that doesn't necessarily imply someone went to a doctor. If C is true, then you'd expect vet visits to drop even if people are still feeding their dogs chocolate. So C would help to explain why vet visits have gone down.
E is the best answer though if you interpret "such cases" to mean either "cases of chocolate poisoning" or "cases where the dog went to the vet". If people are buying less chocolate -- imagine an extreme where they're buying none at all -- then cases of chocolate poisoning of dogs would drop even if the population had not become increasingly aware of chocolate's toxic effects. So I don't see any way to choose between C and E in this question.
