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In an interview to a business daily, a senior manager at Windsor Hotels recently stated that the hotel is poorly managed, mentioning the hotel’s inability to modify its marketing strategy in response to a recent surge in its number of unoccupied rooms. A senior manager’s negative comments are generally detrimental to the image of the company, but in this case, the negative comments were also unjustified. Although an increased number of unoccupied rooms at a hotel often indicates that the hotel is losing clients to competitors, in Windsor Hotels’ situation, it does not. Rather, the increase in the number of unoccupied rooms can be attributed entirely to the cancellation, earlier this year, of two of the city’s biggest events.

In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

(A) The first states the position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.
(B) The first states the position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second provides evidence to undercut the support for the position being opposed.
(C) The first states the position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second is evidence that has been used to support the position being opposed.
(D) The first is evidence that has been used to support a position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second provides information to undercut the force of that evidence.
(E) The first is evidence that has been used to support a position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.


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In an interview to a business daily, a senior manager at Windsor Hotel 25 Jan 2026, 11:45
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In an interview to a business daily, a senior manager at Windsor Hotels recently stated that the hotel is poorly managed, mentioning the hotel’s inability to modify its marketing strategy in response to a recent surge in its number of unoccupied rooms. A senior manager’s negative comments are generally detrimental to the image of the company, but in this case, the negative comments were also unjustified. Although an increased number of unoccupied rooms at a hotel often indicates that the hotel is losing clients to competitors, in Windsor Hotels’ situation, it does not. Rather, the increase in the number of unoccupied rooms can be attributed entirely to the cancellation, earlier this year, of two of the city’s biggest events.

In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

(A) The first states the position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.
(B) The first states the position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second provides evidence to undercut the support for the position being opposed.
(C) The first states the position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second is evidence that has been used to support the position being opposed.
(D) The first is evidence that has been used to support a position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second provides information to undercut the force of that evidence.
(E) The first is evidence that has been used to support a position opposed by the argument as a whole; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.
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