QUESTION TEXT: Antinuclear activist: The closing of the nuclear…
QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen
CONCLUSION: The activist concludes that the plant couldn’t be operated safely and that its closure is a win for the anti-nuclear movement.
REASONING: No reasoning is given.
ANALYSIS: The activity hasn’t given us any reason to believe that the plant was closed for safety reasons. He asserts his conclusion without evidence. Likewise, he gives us no proof that the activists forced the plant to shut down.
We can strengthen his argument by providing a reason.
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- This would be an alternate reason for closing the plant that had nothing to do with activism.
- CORRECT. This shows that antinuclear groups indirectly caused the plant to shut down by making it too expensive to operate.
- This supports the manager’s claim that the plant closed for economic reasons.
- This supports the manager’s claim that economic reasons forced this plant to close. It might be possible to operate less expensive nuclear plants safely.
- This shows that the plant was important. But this information doesn’t support either the manager or the activist.
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