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Melinda: Hazard insurance decreases an individual’s risk by judiciously spreading the risk among many policyholders.
Jack: I disagree. It makes sense for me to buy fire insurance for my house, but I don’t see how doing so lessens the chances that my house will burn down.
Jack’s response most clearly trades on an ambiguity in which one of the following expressions used by Melinda?
(A) judiciously spreading
(B) many policyholders
(C) risk
(D) decreases
(E) hazard insurance
Jack: I disagree. It makes sense for me to buy fire insurance for my house, but I don’t see how doing so lessens the chances that my house will burn down.
Jack’s response most clearly trades on an ambiguity in which one of the following expressions used by Melinda?
(A) judiciously spreading
(B) many policyholders
(C) risk
(D) decreases
(E) hazard insurance
16 Oct 2020, 23:08
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Stating that the individual's risk will decrease, Melinda used the term risk pertaining to the "risk exposure" or potential loss. This is different to Jack's perceived meaning of risk, which is the probability of happening.
The ambiguous term is RISK. CORRECT ANSWER IMO IS "C"
The ambiguous term is RISK. CORRECT ANSWER IMO IS "C"
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(C) Method of Argument
The question stem guides your analysis of the stimulus – that’s why reading the stem is Step 1 of the Kaplan Method.
We know before even reading the two speakers’ arguments that we’re looking for an ambiguously used term in Melinda’s argument, so let’s read the arguments with that ambiguity in the front of our minds. Melinda argues that an individual can decrease his or her risk with hazard insurance because such insurance spreads the risk among many policyholders. Jack disagrees, arguing that there is no relationship between owning hazard insurance and the likelihood of his house burning down. Jack’s point is valid as long as he understands Melinda to be arguing about accident risk. But Melinda could just as easily be talking about financial risk. This ambiguity is exactly what we’re looking for, so (C) must be the answer.
(A) Jack may disagree that hazard insurance “judiciously spreads” risk, but there’s no ambiguity in the way Melinda’s using this term; it can only have one meaning.
(B) The term “many policyholders” isn’t even addressed by Jack, so there’s no way his response can “trade on an ambiguity” with respect to this term.
(D) and (E) are both terms that are understood consistently between Melinda and Jack. Jack doesn’t disagree with Melinda because of the way she uses either of these terms.
(C) Method of Argument
The question stem guides your analysis of the stimulus – that’s why reading the stem is Step 1 of the Kaplan Method.
We know before even reading the two speakers’ arguments that we’re looking for an ambiguously used term in Melinda’s argument, so let’s read the arguments with that ambiguity in the front of our minds. Melinda argues that an individual can decrease his or her risk with hazard insurance because such insurance spreads the risk among many policyholders. Jack disagrees, arguing that there is no relationship between owning hazard insurance and the likelihood of his house burning down. Jack’s point is valid as long as he understands Melinda to be arguing about accident risk. But Melinda could just as easily be talking about financial risk. This ambiguity is exactly what we’re looking for, so (C) must be the answer.
(A) Jack may disagree that hazard insurance “judiciously spreads” risk, but there’s no ambiguity in the way Melinda’s using this term; it can only have one meaning.
(B) The term “many policyholders” isn’t even addressed by Jack, so there’s no way his response can “trade on an ambiguity” with respect to this term.
(D) and (E) are both terms that are understood consistently between Melinda and Jack. Jack doesn’t disagree with Melinda because of the way she uses either of these terms.
