Multiple choice

Research indicates that consumer behavior regarding the purchase of soaps varies very little except when the soap contains rose essence. Accordingly, soaps containing the ingredient will have labels indicating that rose essence is present.

Which one of the following is an assumption upon which the above argument is based?

  1. If soap isnot available with the ingredients, then a consumer prefers to buy whatever is available.

  2. The ingredients used in different soaps may differ significantly.

  3. Consumers prefer buying soaps that contains rose essence.

  4. Soap bars labels should reveal all ingredients.

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This argument leaps from 'people are influenced by the presence of rose essence' to 'companies advertise the presence of rose essence.' The assumption on which the given argument is based is that people like rose essence.

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