Although the fine for overspeeding on highways has been tripled, many

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Although the fine for overspeeding on highways has been tripled, many young adults still drive faster than the prescribed speed limits. Recently, the highway patrolling police came up with a new speedgun that indicates on a GPS system any movement faster than the prescribed speed limit. While this technology may help in catching more cases of overspeeding, the local media is accusing the state patrolling police for finding alternate means for improving its ticket collections. With the young adults constituting only 5% of the total drivers in the state, improvement expected in ticket collections is not likely to be significant. Therefore, the accusation by the local media against the state patrolling police is certainly uncalled for.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to strengthen the conclusion drawn in the argument?

A. Most drivers who are not young adults will not understand how the speedguns could detect them.

B. There are sophisticated devices that car drivers can use to detect the use of a speedgun and so can avoid getting caught.

C. Most of the young adult drivers have adhered to the speed limits since the increase in fine.

D. Almost all drivers who are not young adults take care not to overspeed since the increase in fine.

E. Speedguns are expensive but the patrol police can use fake speedguns only to scare potential overspeeders.

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Rabab36 · Answer

here we are looking to strengthen that overspeed fine will not increase ticket colllection

option c says  
  Most of the young adult drivers have adhered to the speed limits since the increase in fine

so no more fines and ticket collection will not increase

Vaibhavpatharkar · Answer

Option C seems to contradict the passage. Refer the line 'Although the fine for overspeeding on highways has been tripled, many young adults still drive faster than the prescribed speed limits'

ANKITK13 · Answer

I think its answer will be B rather C, which seems appealing but B looks more promising.
- As it is already mentioned :-"Although the fine for overspeeding on highways has been tripled, many young adults still drive faster than the prescribed speed limits".

- Option "B"- There are sophisticated devices that car drivers can use to detect the use of a speedgun and so can avoid getting caught.

hsk013 · Answer

Correct me if I'm wrong but...

Passage:
-Speeding ticket price tripled
-Young people overspeed
-Young people only 5% of total drivers
-New technology to detect overspeeding
-Local media thinks that this is a police's way to get more tickets and $$$

Argument: but young people are only 5% of the total driver. Even if they are to speed, it's not gonna bring significant $$$ to police. The media is being too harsh to the police.

Think of it like  media opinion = opposite of passage argument

If we are looking for something to strengthen the argument, then the answer must focus on the larger population (the other 95% - non-young drivers) that is going to make a bigger impact on the issue

A) "not young adults" -  leave for now 
B) not relevant. Not describing young vs old population
C) young drivers adhering to speeding - weakens the argument
D) "not young adults" -  leave for now 
E) potential overspeeders - not relevant

So between A and D...

A) older people will not understand how the speedguns could detect them → leads to more tickets → media is right → opposite of the passage argument →  wrong answer

D) almost all drivers who are not young adults take care not to overspeed → not necessarily gonna lead to huge $$$ for police → media is not right → agrees with the passage argument

Thus the correct answer is D

idiot01 · Answer

B actually doesn't necessarily strengthen the conclusion. It adds a new point, but this point is too far of a reach to assume.

Sushen · Answer

D is the answer.

Although the fine for overspeeding on highways has been tripled, many young adults still drive faster than the prescribed speed limits. Recently, the highway patrolling police came up with a new speedgun that indicates on a GPS system any movement faster than the prescribed speed limit. While this technology may help in catching more cases of overspending, the local media is accusing the state patrolling police for finding alternate means for improving its ticket collections. With the young adults constituting only 5% of the total drivers in the state, improvement expected in ticket collections is not likely to be significant. Therefore, the accusation by the local media against the state patrolling police is certainly uncalled for.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to strengthen the conclusion drawn in the argument?

Question type: Strengthen

Conclusion: 
Therefore, the accusation by the local media against the state patrolling police is certainly uncalled for.

Premises:
--fines tripled
--young people speed anyway
--young people less than 5% of the population
--There is a better system to catch speeders
--The media accuses the police of 'just wanting to increase ticket collections' so to speak.

Prediction:
I need to strengthen the conclusion/the media are wrong  ... the    new system to catch speeders is not just to increase tickets/collection from tickets.

Points to Ponder:
--  Is there a weakness in the argument?  Something present in the argument that is NOT connected to the conclusion, but can be....i.e.,  is this problem functioning as an ASSUMPTION. .. an argument with a missing gap that if filled with strengthen the argument? 
--did they mention the young people for a reason?... I BET SO! Too much of the argument relates to them. Information about the young people can be CONNECTED to the Conclusion.
 YUP, I bet so.  They never "finished" the argument with the 'young people.' We can add a premise/fill the gap/connect the young people that ARE getting caught (ONLY 5% of the population) to the conclusion that the media is being too harsh on the police!

SOoooo an answer that indicates that only 5% of the drivers... the ones that are still speeding DESPITE the increase in detection... is   NOT ENOUGH to earn the claim that the police are only trying to increase their collections.  
In conditional language, this can be represented as:
   merely 5% of drivers are affected -----> The police are NOT merely trying to increase collections.

OR

We could add another premise. This is always a possibility, although once the above is noted, it is unlikely that we will simply add "another reason."
Stay in the argument! Use the young people! This answer seems anemic!

Let's consider the options. B/c I have a GREAT prediction, I'm simply skimming to find it. If my answer is not there, I will slow down to see how each answer affects the ability to get to the conclusion.
  This is it...   Nobody but the young are getting caught. The police are not JUST trying to increase their collections if they are only "trapping" 5% of the population!
  D.   Almost all drivers who are not young adults take care not to overspeed since the increase in fine.

For completeness, let's consider why the other answers (must be) are wrong:
A. Most drivers who are not young adults will not understand how the speed guns could detect them. 
NO. HOW the guns detect them is simply immaterial! Not!

B. There are sophisticated devices that car drivers can use to detect the use of a speedgun and so can avoid getting caught.
So what? The young are still getting caught and apparently other drivers are not. Out of the Scope!

C. Most of the young adult drivers have adhered to the speed limits since the increase in fine.
That still leave SOME that are getting caught. The argument does not hinge on catching ALL of the young people. Irrelevant.

E. Speedguns are expensive but the patrol police can use fake speedguns only to scare potential overspeeders.
Out of the Scope. So what? Irrelevant to the premises and the conclusion. Just NO!

Bunuel · Answer

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Gemmie · Answer

The argument concludes that the accusation against the state patrolling police is uncalled for because the increase in ticket collections is not likely to be significant.

To strengthen this conclusion, we need evidence that suggests the police are unlikely to significantly increase ticket collections.

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Option D  provides this evidence by suggesting that most drivers who are not young adults (the majority of drivers) are careful not to overspeed.

This implies that the primary targets of the speedguns, young adults, make up a relatively small portion of the overall speeding population.

=> Therefore, even if the speedguns are effective at catching young adult speeders, it is unlikely to lead to a significant increase in overall ticket collections.

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