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(B) CORRECT. If individuals in the developing and developed worlds do
not have equal access to accurate diagnostic procedures, it is possible that
either frequent misdiagnoses or a lack of correct diagnoses causes the
seeming disparity between the populations. Thus, for the argument to be
valid, this assumption must hold true. Put another way, this assumption
eliminates a possible outside cause (the difference in diagnostic techniques
between the developing and the developed worlds).
(C) Nothing indicates that most leisure activities must be inherently boring.
As long as more individuals in the developed world than in the developing
world are experiencing boredom, the logic of the passage remains valid.
(D) This choice weakens the researchers’ hypothesis. If fewer effective
medications were available in the developing world, the incidence of clinical
depression there should be higher than in developed countries.
(E) It is unimportant whether few residents of developing countries dedicate
any of their time to leisure. The argument already states that residents of
developed countries have increased leisure time relative to residents of
developing countries, so this assumption is unnecessary.
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(C). Two points of view are expressed in the argument: consumer groups
claim that à la carte pricing will reduce consumer costs, while the cable
television industry claims that the current package pricing structure is most
cost effective for consumers. If the goal is to reduce the cost of cable
television for consumers, it is critical to determine whether adding the option
of à la carte pricing is likely to save consumers money.
(A) According to the argument, the decision revolves around the costs to
consumers, not the number of channels available to them. If there were some
pricing consequences as a result of this loss of diversity, the point might be
relevant, but no such information is given.
(B) According to the argument, the decision is based only on the costs to
consumers, not the advertising profits of the cable television companies.