Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

A car industry newsletter recently claimed that if the price of car engines were reduced by 25 percent, the retail price for cars, which utilise these engines, would undergo the same decrease in price.

Which of the following would a skeptic most likely point out about the car newsletter’s claim?

  1. Advances in engineering now allow car designers to achieve the same level of power while using smaller car engines.

  2. Advertising costs, marketing expenses and handling fees, none of which are linked to the price of car engines, make up a substantial portion of the retail price of cars.

  3. The car industry is an especially competitive field in which firms vying for business keep car prices low.

  4. Research indicates that the number of cars purchased, increases substantially after the retail price is reduced more than 30 percent.

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

To weaken an argument, attack the assumption. The author is assuming that there is no other factor that would prevent an equivalent reduction in the retail price of cars. This choice shows other factors that need to be considered.

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