QUESTION TYPE: Necessary Assumption
CONCLUSION: Front-loading washing machines are superior for some users.
ANALYSIS: The stimulus points out, correctly, that frontloading machines are superior in one respect to top-loading machines for users in wheelchairs. But, they do not tell us whether there are other features of front-loading machines which make them worse, even for wheelchair users.
For their argument to be correct, they must assume that any disadvantages of front-loading machines do not outweigh the single advantage they mentioned.
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- CORRECT. Negate the “some” and you get: “For no consumers does the convenience of front-loaders outweigh the advantages of top-loaders.” A little blunt, but this is certainly something they must assume for the argument to be correct.
- No. In fact they are explicitly comparing washing machines of different types (top vs. front loaders).
- They don’t need to assume convenience is the only important factor. They only need to assume that of the other important factors, their advantages do not outweigh convenience.
- Not a necessary assumption; their main concern is proving that top loaders are not convenient for wheelchair users.
- As in D, not a necessary assumption. They only need to establish that top loaders are worse for wheelchair users.
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