Necessary AssumptionDiff: Easy
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A TV show had a small audience on Thursday and a similar-sized audience on Friday, leading the author to believe the same people came back for seconds.
Conclusion: The majority of people who watched the first part of the documentary returned to watch the second part because they enjoyed it.
Reasoning: The audience size for the second night was nearly as large as the small audience recorded for the first night.
Analysis: The author is making a leap by assuming the audience on Friday was composed of the same individuals who watched on Thursday. We need to bridge the gap between 'audience size' and 'audience identity.' If a completely different group of people tuned in on Friday while the Thursday viewers stayed away, the conclusion falls apart. Look for an answer that ensures the Friday audience wasn't mostly made up of new viewers who missed the first night.
Conclusion: The majority of people who watched the first part of the documentary returned to watch the second part because they enjoyed it.
Reasoning: The audience size for the second night was nearly as large as the small audience recorded for the first night.
Analysis: The author is making a leap by assuming the audience on Friday was composed of the same individuals who watched on Thursday. We need to bridge the gap between 'audience size' and 'audience identity.' If a completely different group of people tuned in on Friday while the Thursday viewers stayed away, the conclusion falls apart. Look for an answer that ensures the Friday audience wasn't mostly made up of new viewers who missed the first night.
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Unlock Full Passage2.Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?
Correct Answer
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We need the overlap. If most viewers on night two had also watched night one, similar audience sizes support that many returned. Negation test: suppose most viewers on the second night had not watched the first night; then similar audience sizes could be due to new viewers replacing dropouts, and it would no longer follow that most first-night viewers tuned in again.
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