Columnist: Analysts argue that as baby boomers reach the age of 50, they will begin seriously planning for retiremen...
Zacharyon April 29, 2019
Answer choice A
Why is A not the correct answer choice
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Ravion April 29, 2019
@zacharydtan,
Happy to help.
(A) says, "attempts to undermine the analysts' argument by questioning the truth of its premises"
The problem with (A) is that the author actually agrees that baby boomers will eventually become savers, so there is not a disagreement with the truth of the analyst's premises. Thus, we can get rid of (A).
(C) says, "attempts to undermine the analysts' argument by drawing an alternative conclusion from the analysts' premises"
The author's conclusion disagrees with the conclusion of the analysts. The author's premises, however, are the same (baby boomers will eventually become savers). From this, we know that this is an instance of coming up with an alternative/different conclusion from the same set of premises. Thus, (C) is the correct answer.
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