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During the past year, nationwide membership in health and fitness clubs has declined by about 7 percent. Over the same time period, sales of fast-food products widely known to contribute to health problems have risen by about the same percent. These statistics clearly show that consumers have become decreasingly concerned about their health and level of fitness during the past year.
The argument that consumers have become decreasingly concerned about their health and fitness over the most recent one-year period depends most heavily on which of the following assumptions?
(A) Concern about health is a major reason that consumers join fitness clubs and maintain their memberships.
(B) The overall level of health and fitness among consumers declined over the most recent one-year period.
(C) Consumers spent less money on health- and fitness-club memberships than on fast food during the past year.
(D) Fitness equipment designed for home use has become increasingly affordable over the past year.
(E) Consumers who have a low level of health and fitness tend to spend more money than other consumers on fast food.
The argument that consumers have become decreasingly concerned about their health and fitness over the most recent one-year period depends most heavily on which of the following assumptions?
(A) Concern about health is a major reason that consumers join fitness clubs and maintain their memberships.
(B) The overall level of health and fitness among consumers declined over the most recent one-year period.
(C) Consumers spent less money on health- and fitness-club memberships than on fast food during the past year.
(D) Fitness equipment designed for home use has become increasingly affordable over the past year.
(E) Consumers who have a low level of health and fitness tend to spend more money than other consumers on fast food.
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The past year shows the Nation wide membership in Health and Fitness club have declined by 7%. The sales of fast food products have risen by 7% during the same time period.
The increase in sales of Fast Food (FF) have been attributed to the decreasing health and fitness levels during the same time period.
we need to find : The argument that consumers have become decreasingly concerned about their health and fitness over the most recent one-year period depends most heavily on which of the following assumptions?
(A) Concern about health is a major reason that consumers join fitness clubs and maintain their memberships.
This is the correct assumption. If concern about health has been the major reason that consumer have joined fitness clubs & maintaining memberships, then the contrary that the leave the fitness clubs when they don’t prioritise health over food.
Negating the option: Concern about health is NOT the major reason that they joined fitness clubs. Then, some other reasons might have been the contributing factor. If that’s the case, health is not the priority. And the argument fails.
If health has been the priority, then sales of fast food could have not increased, neither do the health club’s membership declined.
(B) The overall level of health and fitness among consumers declined over the most recent one-year period.
The degree of health and fitness decline is not being discussed. The issue here is, the decline in memberships of health and fitness clubs in relationships to the increased sales of fast foods. Hence, wrong.
(C) Consumers spent less money on health- and fitness-club memberships than on fast food during the past year.
The proportion of money spent on health and fitness clubs vs the amount spent on fast food is not the main theme of debate here. Hence, wrong.
(D) Fitness equipment designed for home use has become increasingly affordable over the past year.
If more fitness equipment affordable for home use has increased, then there is a likelihood that people who are conscious about their health must have purchased and benefitted from it. Hence, wrong.
(E) Consumers who have a low level of health and fitness tend to spend more money than other consumers on fast food.
This is a statement, which can be either true or not true. Hence, cannot be a valid assumption. Hence, wrong.
Option A
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The correct answer is (A).
Unless the primary motivation for joining a gym is a concern for health and fitness, the fact that club memberships are in decline is insufficient to show that people are becoming less concerned about their health and fitness. The argument fails to rule out other possibilities as the major reasons people use health clubs—for example, to socialize—as well as other possible reasons people might discontinue using health clubs—for example, because membership fees have become less affordable.
