According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield

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Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield, more tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown. A brochure from the largest hotel in Harristown claims that more tourists stay in that hotel than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel in Springfield. If both of these sources are accurate, however, the county’s “Report on Tourism” must be in error in indicating that ________.

A. more tourists stay in hotel accommodations in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel

B. the Royal Arms Hotel is the only hotel in Springfield

C. there are several hotels in Harristown that are larger than the Royal Arms Hotel

D. some of the tourists who have stayed in hotels in Harristown have also stayed in the Royal Arms Hotel

E. some hotels in Harristown have fewer tourist guests each year than the Royal Arms Hotel has

Legallyblond · Answer

if i say that the Royal palms is the only hotel in the vicinity, then the report is wrong

MartyMurray · Answer

Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield, more tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown. A brochure from the largest hotel in Harristown claims that more tourists stay in that hotel than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel in Springfield. If both of these sources are accurate, however, the county’s “Report on Tourism” must be in error in indicating that __________.

Key to getting a Complete the Passage question correct is having a good setup before going to the answer choices. To have a good setup, we must completely understand the passage and identify exactly what the correct answer must do.

In this case, the correct answer must state something that must not be true if the facts from the sources are accurate.

A. more tourists stay in hotel accommodations in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel

Rather than must not be true, this choice must be true.

After all, if, as the passage says, more tourists stay in a single large hotel in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms, then clearly, more tourists stay in all hotel accommodations in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms.

Eliminate.

B. the Royal Arms Hotel is the only hotel in Springfield

This choice is interesting.

If it's true that more tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in hotels in Harristown, and it's also true that more tourists stay in one large hotel in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel in Springfield, then there must be hotels in Springfield other than the Royal Arms. After all, only if there are other hotels there can more tourists stay there than stay in Harristown since a single hotel in Harristown has more tourists staying in it than the Royal Arms has.

So, it must not be true the the Royal Arms is the only hotel in Springfield.

Keep.

C. there are several hotels in Harristown that are larger than the Royal Arms Hotel

The passage provides no information on how large the hotels are, only on the relative numbers of tourists who stay in hotels in the two places.

Eliminate.

D. some of the tourists who have stayed in hotels in Harristown have also stayed in the Royal Arms Hotel

The passage does not indicate anything about where particular tourists have stayed.

So, this could be true.

Eliminate.

E. some hotels in Harristown have fewer tourist guests each year than the Royal Arms Hotel has

This could be true. After all, the passage doesn't say that the Royal Arms has fewer guests than any hotel in Harristown, only that the largest hotel in Harristown has more guests than Royal Arms.

Eliminate.

Correct answer:   B

Bunuel · Answer

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guddo · Answer

Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
 
 According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield, more tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown. A brochure from the largest hotel in Harristown claims that more tourists stay in that hotel than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel in Springfield. If both of these sources are accurate, however, the county’s “Report on Tourism” must be in error in indicating that ________.

We are told two things: total hotel tourists in Springfield exceed total hotel tourists in Harristown, but Harristown’s largest hotel has more tourists than Springfield’s Royal Arms Hotel.  So Royal Arms cannot be the only hotel in Springfield , because then Springfield’s total would equal Royal Arms’s total, which would be less than Harristown’s largest hotel alone.

A. more tourists stay in hotel accommodations in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel

This could be true. Since Harristown’s largest hotel alone has more tourists than the Royal Arms Hotel, total Harristown hotel accommodations must also have more.

B. the Royal Arms Hotel is the only hotel in Springfield

This is correct. If Royal Arms were the only hotel in Springfield, then Springfield’s total hotel tourists would equal Royal Arms’s tourists. But Harristown’s largest hotel has more tourists than Royal Arms, so Harristown’s total would be greater than Springfield’s total. That contradicts the first source.

C. there are several hotels in Harristown that are larger than the Royal Arms Hotel

This could be true. Springfield could still have more total hotel tourists if Springfield has enough other hotels.

D. some of the tourists who have stayed in hotels in Harristown have also stayed in the Royal Arms Hotel

This could be true. Nothing in the passage rules out overlap between the groups of tourists.

E. some hotels in Harristown have fewer tourist guests each year than the Royal Arms Hotel has

This could be true. Harristown’s largest hotel has more guests than Royal Arms, but smaller Harristown hotels could have fewer.

Answer: (B)

According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield

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