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According to ComStat, the Bay City department of crime statistics, the number of felony assaults recorded in western Bay City has fallen this year, as compared to last year. The police commissioner attributes this drop to the formation of ten additional "flex squads" that have been patrolling western Bay City for the past year.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the police commissioner's explanation for the drop in felony assaults in western Bay City?
A. The Bay City police recently equipped its patrol officers with new body armor for protection.
B. Twelve months ago, ComStat redrew the map of Bay City so that 20 traditionally high-crime blocks that had been part of western Bay City are now counted as part of another district.
C. Studies have shown that the best way to reduce felony assaults in urban areas is to increase the availability of jobs in those areas.
D. The number of victims of felony assaults who required hospitalization has fallen during the past year.
E. Western Bay City has had a lower rate of felony assaults per capita than neighboring eastern Bay City for each of the past five years
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the police commissioner's explanation for the drop in felony assaults in western Bay City?
A. The Bay City police recently equipped its patrol officers with new body armor for protection.
B. Twelve months ago, ComStat redrew the map of Bay City so that 20 traditionally high-crime blocks that had been part of western Bay City are now counted as part of another district.
C. Studies have shown that the best way to reduce felony assaults in urban areas is to increase the availability of jobs in those areas.
D. The number of victims of felony assaults who required hospitalization has fallen during the past year.
E. Western Bay City has had a lower rate of felony assaults per capita than neighboring eastern Bay City for each of the past five years
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The police commissioner credits the reduction in felony assaults to the addition of "flex squads" patrolling the area. To weaken this, we would need information suggesting that the drop in assaults could be due to something other than the increased patrols.
b) "Twelve months ago, ComStat redrew the map of Bay City so that 20 traditionally high-crime blocks that had been part of western Bay City are now counted aspart of another district".
This could weaken the commissioner's explanation because it suggests that the drop in crime might be due to a change in boundaries, rather than the additional patrols.
The police commissioner credits the reduction in felony assaults to the addition of "flex squads" patrolling the area. To weaken this, we would need information suggesting that the drop in assaults could be due to something other than the increased patrols.
b) "Twelve months ago, ComStat redrew the map of Bay City so that 20 traditionally high-crime blocks that had been part of western Bay City are now counted aspart of another district".
This could weaken the commissioner's explanation because it suggests that the drop in crime might be due to a change in boundaries, rather than the additional patrols.
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The words "most seriously weaken" indicate that this is a Weaken question. The correct choice will make it less likely that the commissioner's explanation is correct. The commissioner argues that the lower number of felony assaults in western Bay City is explained by the ten additional "flex squads."
The correct choice might address something about the flex squads directly, or it might suggest some other explanation for the drop in felony assaults. It's hard to know exactly what the GMAT will come up with, but having the general prediction in mind will make it much easier to eliminate wrong choices.
(B) suggests another explanation for the lower number of recorded felony assaults and is therefore correct. Many felony assaults that would have previously been tallied in western Bay City are now counted elsewhere.
(A) is irrelevant since it relates to injuries to patrol officers, not the numbers of felony assaults.
(C) is incorrect because whether or not there is a better way to reduce felony assaults has no bearing on whether the flex squads actually did reduce felony assaults in this case.
(D) relates to the injuries resulting from felony assaults. Since this has nothing to do with the number of felony assaults occurring in the first place, (D) is irrelevant to the argument.
(E) compares western Bay City with eastern Bay City, which has nothing to do with the argument. The argument focuses on whether the flex squads reduced the number of felony assaults in western Bay City from what they were before. What happens in other cities is irrelevant.
