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Marine and Juhu beach, 5 miles from each other, are the two top beaches in country X. After recent epidemic at Marine beach in August, two months back, the influx of tourists in Juhu beach has increased when compared to same time in earlier years. It can, therefore, be concluded that this increase of tourists in Juhu beach is directly related to the epidemic in Marine beach. Which of the following, if true, weakens the argument ?
A. In spite of epidemic at Marine beach, there was little effect on tourists who visited country X.
B. The influx of tourist is normally high in months after August as compared to rest of the year.
C. There were few cases of drowning in Juhu beach in the month of August this year.
D. Few of the much awaited tourist attractions have been opened in last three months in the three top beaches of country X.
E. Although the two beaches are just 5 miles, there has been no reported case of disease from area around Juhu beach.
A. In spite of epidemic at Marine beach, there was little effect on tourists who visited country X.
B. The influx of tourist is normally high in months after August as compared to rest of the year.
C. There were few cases of drowning in Juhu beach in the month of August this year.
D. Few of the much awaited tourist attractions have been opened in last three months in the three top beaches of country X.
E. Although the two beaches are just 5 miles, there has been no reported case of disease from area around Juhu beach.
24 Jul 2016, 10:33
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Shouldn't the answer be C.
C. There were few cases of drowning in Juhu beach in the month of August this year.
If this is true, than increase of tourists in Juhu beach is directly related to the epidemic in Marine beach can be proved wrong. The drowning in Juhu should also cause decrease in the number of tourists in Juhu beach, but as per the argument it is not the case.
Shouldn't the answer be C.
C. There were few cases of drowning in Juhu beach in the month of August this year.
If this is true, than increase of tourists in Juhu beach is directly related to the epidemic in Marine beach can be proved wrong. The drowning in Juhu should also cause decrease in the number of tourists in Juhu beach, but as per the argument it is not the case.
24 Jul 2016, 12:57
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Your point, if I have correctly understood, is that, drowning in Juhu should cause decrease in the number of visitors to Juhu beach, but it has not; rather visitors to Juhu has increased. How does it prove, or at least support, that the increase is NOT attributed to epidemic at marine beach?
Let us say:
X = epidemic in Marine beach
Z = increase in the number of visitors to Juhu beach
Z' = decrease in the number of visitors to Juhu beach
Y = drowning at Juhu beach
Conclusion: X causes Z. In order to weaken this conclusion, we need any of the following 2 statements:
§1. Y causes Z
OR
§2. Z causes X
(Now §2 is not the logic used here, §1 is.)
From option C, we can conclude that Y has not caused Z'.
However, Y has not caused Z' is NOT equivalent to Y caused Z.
Thus C is not the right answer.
