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In the past five years, Peak Production's profits from recorded music sales has steadily declined. Peak cannot increase the number of recordings it releases, so it cannot increase revenue that way. Therefore, Peak has decided to drastically cut back on the number of recordings it releases. It will save on costs by only releasing recordings by its most popular artists. Thus, because the most popular artists bring in the most revenue on a per-recording basis, Peak's plan is likely to increase its annual profits.
In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
(A) The first and the second are both evidence offered by the argument as support for its main conclusion.
(B) The first presents a problem a response to which the argument assesses; the second is the judgment reached by that assessment.
(C) The first is the position the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment the argument uses to support that position.
(D) The first is a development that the argument seeks to explain; the second is a prediction the argument makes in support of the explanation it offers.
(E) The first presents a development whose likely outcome is at issue in the argument; the second is a judgment the argument uses in support of its conclusion about that outcome.
In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
(A) The first and the second are both evidence offered by the argument as support for its main conclusion.
(B) The first presents a problem a response to which the argument assesses; the second is the judgment reached by that assessment.
(C) The first is the position the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment the argument uses to support that position.
(D) The first is a development that the argument seeks to explain; the second is a prediction the argument makes in support of the explanation it offers.
(E) The first presents a development whose likely outcome is at issue in the argument; the second is a judgment the argument uses in support of its conclusion about that outcome.
31 Oct 2012, 12:49
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This problems gives us a great opportunity to discuss one particular approach to these two boldface questions. Keep in mind there are several good approaches here, this is just one that happens to be very quick when it works. Just ask yourself: "Fact or Claim?"
Furthermore, if you find a claim, you should act whether that claim is in fact the conclusion of the argument.
The first bold here is clearly a fact (summarizing what has already happened), whereas the second is a claim (it makes a prediction about the future). In fact, the second statement is actually the conclusion of whole argument.
Now let's run through the choices with this in mind:
(A) is wrong because it says (2) is "evidence" (i.e. a FACT).
(B) is in still, because "presents a problem" would fit with FACT and "the judgement" would fit with CLAIM. Also, "the judgement reached" sounds a lot like "conclusion" to me.
(C) is wrong because a "position" is a CLAIM, not a FACT.
(D) is wrong, because the language here would suggest that the second is not in fact the main conclusion, which it is.
(E) is wrong. Same problem as (D).
So (B) is correct!
There are often other things we need to consider on these problems. And clearly we have *vastly* over-simplified the argument by boiling it down to
- Statement 1 = "fact" and Statement 2 = "claim, which happens to be the conclusion"
Cheers,
Mark
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
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Before looking at the choices, try to understand the structure of the passage. The first two sentences describe a problem. The next two describe a solution. The final sentence concludes that the solution will increase profits.
Choice (A) is incorrect, as the second bold sentence is the main conclusion, not evidence for the conclusion. (B) is better: "the judgment" is similar to "conclusion", and it agrees with our prediction that the first bold sentence is part of a description of a problem. (C) is wrong: the first bold sentence could be a position one would seek to establish, but the additional information doesn't support it. It is taken as a given.
Choice (D), like (C), misrepresents the first bold sentence. The argument doesn't follow up on the claim made in the first bold sentence, it simply takes it for granted. (E), as well, misrepresents the first bold sentence. That sentence does not describe something that is "at issue". The second bold sentence, also, is not in support of the conclusion, it is the conclusion. Choice (B) is correct.
