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The wedding gown industry in Country X has known little change in fashion over the past twenty years. The only brides interested in new fashions are the ones who have spent a large portion of their lives abroad. Therefore, the change in fashion in wedding gown design in Country X is limited to what is considered fashionable in foreign wedding gown fashion shows.

The conclusion of the argument depends on which of the following assumptions?


(A) Brides who have spent a large portion of their lives outside country X have usually developed their tastes for wedding gowns based on wedding gown fashion shows they have seen there.

(B) Women who have spent a long time abroad are not up to date about the fashion currently in vogue in their own countries.

(C) The ongoing stagnation in the wedding gown fashion in Country X results mainly from a lack of local fashion shows.

(D) The slow pace of progress in the fashion of wedding gowns in Country X is closely related to the pace of progress in fashion in general throughout the country.

(E) Due to tough economical conditions, local wedding dress designers cannot survive financially, so they relocate to foreign countries.


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Conclusion: Therefore, the change in fashion in wedding gown design in Country X is limited to what is considered fashionable in foreign wedding gown fashion shows.

(A) Brides who have spent a large portion of their lives outside country X have usually developed their tastes for wedding gowns based on wedding gown fashion shows they have seen there.

Assumption: We know that the only brides interested in new fashions are the ones who have spent a large portion of their lives abroad and the change in fashion in wedding gown design in Country X is limited to what is considered fashionable in foreign wedding gown fashion shows.

So it is absolutely necessary for the brides to have developed their tastes for wedding gowns as the change of fashion in country X is dependent on what is considered fashionable in foreign wedding gown shows.

Answer: A.
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(A) Brides who have spent a large portion of their lives outside country X have usually developed their tastes for wedding gowns based on wedding gown fashion shows they have seen there.

In the conclusion it is said that new fashion wedding clothes demand by those who lived in abroad is influenced by the foreign wedding gown fashion show. So we need an answer that indicates that these category people should watch such fashion shows. Hence A
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The wedding gown industry in Country X has known little change in fashion over the past twenty years. The only brides interested in new fashions are the ones who have spent a large portion of their lives abroad. Therefore, the change in fashion in wedding gown design in Country X is limited to what is considered fashionable in foreign wedding gown fashion shows.

The conclusion of the argument depends on which of the following assumptions?


(A) Brides who have spent a large portion of their lives outside country X have usually developed their tastes for wedding gowns based on wedding gown fashion shows they have seen there.

This is an Assumption Question, in which you are requested to find an assumption that connects the premises with the conclusion:

    Premise: wedding gown fashion in Country X doesn't change much.
    +
    Premise: the only brides interested in new fashions are the ones who have lived abroad.
    +
    Assumption: ?
    =
    Conclusion: the only change in wedding gown design in Country X is limited to the fashions in foreign wedding gown fashion shows.

Ask yourself: what did the author of the argument have to assume in order to reach the conclusion? The answer must be about the "brides who lived abroad" and about "foreign fashion shows".

If only returning women's taste affects the fashion, and this taste was shaped abroad, the fact Country X wedding gowns are only influenced by foreign fashion is explained.


(B) Women who have spent a long time abroad are not up to date about the fashion currently in vogue in their own countries.

Incorrect.

This is an Assumption Question, in which you are requested to find an assumption that connects the premises with the conclusion:

    Premise: wedding gown fashion in Country X doesn't change much.
    +
    Premise: the only brides interested in new fashions are the ones who have lived abroad.
    +
    Assumption: ?
    =
    Conclusion: the only change in wedding gown design in Country X is limited to the fashions in foreign wedding gown fashion shows.

Ask yourself: what did the author of the argument have to assume in order to reach the conclusion? The answer must be about the "brides who lived abroad" and about "foreign fashion shows".

While this answer choice mentioned the "women who lived abroad", it doesn't explain their connection to "foreign fashion shows". Therefore, it cannot explain how the author reached the conclusion.


(C) The ongoing stagnation in the wedding gown fashion in Country X results mainly from a lack of local fashion shows.

Incorrect.

While this answer choice mentions fashion shows, it does not talk about the "foreign fashion shows" and their connection to the "women who lived abroad". Therefore, it cannot explain how the author reached the conclusion.


(D) The slow pace of progress in the fashion of wedding gowns in Country X is closely related to the pace of progress in fashion in general throughout the country.

Incorrect.

While this answer choice mentioned the "women who lived abroad", it doesn't explain their connection to foreign fashion shows. Therefore, it cannot explain how the author reached the conclusion.


(E) Due to tough economical conditions, local wedding dress designers cannot survive financially, so they relocate to foreign countries.

Incorrect.

This answer choice provides another premise, that is, new independent data, which might explain the conclusion - but this is a classic distractor. You are looking for an answer choice which explains how the author got to the conclusion, based on the existing premises.
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