ParadoxDiff: Easy

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Passage Summary: Two different reports about the same area are both correct, even though one says there's hardly any erosion and the other says there's a lot.

Reasoning: Two accurate reports on the same region provide conflicting data: one says erosion is minimal, while the other says it is heavy and concerning.

Analysis: To resolve this paradox, we need a piece of information that allows both 'little erosion' and 'heavy erosion' to be true simultaneously. Since both reports are 'accurate,' we can't just call one of them a liar. Perhaps the reports focused on different sub-sections of the region, or perhaps they measured erosion over different time periods—one looking at the last century and the other looking at the last month. Look for an answer that provides a distinction in scope, time, or measurement criteria.

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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain how both reports could be accurate?

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By showing that the reports focus on different phenomena—regional topsoil erosion versus riverbank erosion from seasonal floods—both claims can be accurate: little topsoil loss overall but heavy riverbank erosion in flood season.
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