Among 35-45 years olds in Gowburg, some prefer music that

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Among 35-45 years old in Gowburg, some prefer music that was 20 years ago, whereas others prefer music that is popular today. Children and spouses of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are themselves three times as likely as others in Gowburg to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago. Children of people who prefer music popular today are ten times more likely than others in Gowburg to prefer music that is popular today, whereas spouses of people who prefer music that is popular today are no more likely than other residents of Gowburg to prefer such music.

The information above provides most support for which of the following hypothesis?

The information above provides most support for which of the following hypothesis?

A) Parents who prefer music that is popular today are more likely to have musical tastes in common with their children than with their spouses.
B) Unmarried adults are more likely to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago than music that is popular today.
C) Parents who do not have musical preferences are less likely than the general population to have spouses who have musical preferences.
D) Children of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are not more likely than the general population to prefer music that was popular 20 years ago.
E) Between 10% and 30 % of children prefer either musical that is popular today or music that was popular twenty years ago.

This one seems to be easy as answer choices are spread far apart. I face difficulty with such questions though, request experts to review this question type and please provide some more examples of this kind and strategy to solve such question. 
Time taken to interpret loads of info and then deciphering the answer choice appears very difficult to me.
Source : 800 Score mock

pqhai · Accepted Answer

Zarrolou has posted a perfect answer already. I just want to systemize the question in another way. Hope it helps.

GENERAL INFO:

First of all, this is  “MUST BE TRUE”  question. There are some important notes about it. If you follow this instruction properly, you just need under 2 minutes to solve this question.
 
  First rule of thumb:  “ NO NEW  information accepted”. 
 Second rule:  A correct answer  MUST  pass the “Fact test”.

There are ONLY 2 types of correct answer: 
(1) Paraphrase (re-write parts of the stimulus in other way but keep the same meaning)
(2) Combination (combine two or more parts of the stimulus to make an inference)
 
  ANALYZE THE STIMULUS:

Fact #1:  Among 35-45 years olds in Gowburg, some (G1) prefer music-20 years ago, others (G2) prefer music-pop today. 
 Fact #2:  Children and spouses of G1 are themselves three times as likely as others   in Gowburg to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago. 
 Fact #3:  Children of G2 are ten times more likely than others   in Gowburg to prefer music that is popular today
 Fact #4:  Spouses of G2 are no more likely than other residents of Gowburg to prefer such music.

ANALYZE EACH ANSWER:

A) Parents who prefer music that is popular today are more likely to have musical tastes in common with their children than with their spouses.
  Correct.    This is the combination of fact #2 and fact #3.  If you  still doubt  about it, just  leave it as contender , move quickly to other options to  eliminate the WRONG answers . Please keep in mind,  in CR eliminate wrong answers always is easier than determine the correct one .

B) Unmarried adults are more likely to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago than music that is popular today.
 Wrong.  Nothing about “unmarried adults”. ==> Out immediately.

C) Parents who do not have musical preferences are less likely than the general population to have spouses who have musical preferences.
 Wrong.   Nothing about “people who do not have musical preferences” .  Do not hesitate, eliminate it right away if you want to save time.  Just stick to the facts: G1- people like old music + their children + spouses and G2-people like today pop music + their children + spouses.

D) Children of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are not more likely than the general population to prefer music that was popular 20 years ago.
 Wrong.   D is a contradict option.  D says: Children of G1 are not more likely than general population to prefer music 20 years ago. But fact #2 says: Children of G1 are 3 times more likely…….

E) Between 10% and 30 % of children prefer either musical that is popular today or music that was popular twenty years ago.
 Wrong.   Nothing about 10% and 30% because   you DO NOT see any percentage info  in the stimulus. ==> Out immediately.

TAKEAWAY:  
 In “Must be true” quesiton:
(1) NO new info accepted
(2) A correct answe MUST pass the fact test
(3)  Eliminate a WRONG is easier than determine a CORRECT. 
 
Hope it helps.

Zarrolou · Answer

Among 35-45 years old in Gowburg, some prefer music that was 20 years ago, whereas others prefer music that is popular today. Children and spouses of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are themselves three times as likely as others in Gowburg to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago. Children of people who prefer music popular today are ten times more likely than others in Gowburg to prefer music that is popular today, whereas spouses of people who prefer music that is popular today are no more likely than other residents of Gowburg to prefer such music.

The information above provides most support for which of the following hypothesis?

A) Parents who prefer music that is popular today are more likely to have musical tastes in common with their children than with their spouses.
CORRECT: Children are ten times more likely than others in Gowburg to prefer music that is popular today, whereas their spouses are no more likely to prefer such music.
B) Unmarried adults are more likely to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago than music that is popular today.
The text does not give us info about preferences of unmarried adults.
C) Parents who do not have musical preferences are less likely than the general population to have spouses who have musical preferences.
We have no info about both the general population and general musical preferences.
D) Children of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are not more likely than the general population to prefer music that was popular 20 years ago.
No info about the general population.
E) Between 10% and 30 % of children prefer either musical that is popular today or music that was popular twenty years ago.
Once more we have no info about the general population.

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This one seems to be easy as answer choices are spread far apart. I face difficulty with such questions though, request experts to review this question type and please provide some more examples of this kind and strategy to solve such question.
Time taken to interpret loads of info and then deciphering the answer choice appears very difficult to me.
Source : 800 Score mock

In must be true question (and also in inference questions) the most important thing is to stick to the text: you know only what the text says, do not generalize and use only the info provided.

More must be true questions: critical-reasoning-question-directory-topic-and-difficulty-128861.html

b2bt · Answer

https://i.imgur.com/jCwPEFL.png

Clearly A can be deducted from the above table

MvArrow · Answer

I remember this question from a mock test of 800Scores.. It is classified as very hard there, so 700+ Level

AkshdeepS · Answer

In such questions, it is difficult to analyse the information as it may confuse you. The best way to deal with such questions is to use POE.

A) Parents who prefer music that is popular today are more likely to have musical tastes in common with their children than with their spouses. Language match. Keep it.

B)  Unmarried adults  are more likely to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago than music that is popular today.  Not mentioned

C)  Parents who do not have musical preferences  are less likely than the  general population  to have spouses who have musical preferences.  Parents who do not have musical preferences not mentioned

D) Children of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are not more likely than the  general population  to prefer music that was popular 20 years ago.  General Population not mentioned in this context

E)  Between 10% and 30 % of  children prefer either musical that is popular today or music that was popular twenty years ago.  Percentage not mentioned

globaldesi · Answer

Official explanation:
(A) This is an Inference question. There are three pieces of information in the passage: 1. If someone prefers music that was popular twenty years ago, that person's children and spouse are three times as likely as the average person to prefer the same kind of music. 2. If someone prefers music popular now, that person's children are ten times as likely as the average person to prefer the same kind of music. 3. If someone prefers music popular now, that person's spouse is no more likely than average to prefer the same kind of music. 
Notice the direct comparisons — parents' influence on their children is greater if they listen to music popular now, but influence on spouses is greater if they prefer music popular twenty years ago. The passage doesn't make a causal relationship clear. It doesn't state that children or spouses listen to certain types of music BECAUSE someone else does. Consider each choice: 
Choice (A) is correct, and, in fact, this is one of the direct comparisons mentioned above. It follows logically from the three points listed above.

brianmontanaweb · Answer

We want to find the hypothesis that is best supported by the paragraph. So far we know the first two data points are current popular music, and music from 20 years ago. Four more data points enter; children, parents, spouses, and general public(possibly the combined values). We'll start by eliminating anything outside the reading.

B, C and E are out of scope since these stats are not mentioned in the paragraph. Eliminated.

Now we'll need to compare A and D.

D brings up the idea of children compared to the general population, but children of people surveyed are three times as likely to have that musical preference. We can eliminate this one.

A remains since it aligns with the statement "Children of people who prefer music popular today are ten times more likely than others in Gowburg to prefer music that is popular today, whereas spouses of people who prefer music that is popular today are no more likely than other residents of Gowburg to prefer such music." A child of a person who likes popular music will have similar tastes but it doesn't mean the spouse will have similar tastes to both of them. Correct!

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