Of every 100 burglar alarms police answer, 99 are false alarms. This situation causes an enormous and dangerous drain...

cheynnelee December 3, 2020

What does Answer C mean?

The only reason why I got this answer right was through POE but what does "It provides a basis for excluding as unacceptable one obvious alternative to the proposal of fining owners of burglar alarm systems for false alarm" exactly mean?

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Sarah-Michelle-Olivo January 15, 2021

what is POE? And i am confused on the correct answer choice as well or more to say the wording

cheynnelee January 20, 2021

POE is Process of Elimination

shunhe January 21, 2021

Hi @cheynnelee,

Thanks for the question! Let’s look at it bit by bit. The first part says “it provides a basis,” so it gives a reason. To “exclude as unacceptable.” That part is fairly straightforward. “One obvious alternative,” also straightforward. “To the proposal of fining owners of burglar alarm systems or false alarm.”

So basically, it says that it gives us a reason to reject an alternative. An alternative to what? To the proposal of fining people for false alarms.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

JerryYu July 25, 2021

Hi Shunhe,

Thanks for taking the time to answer this question. However, I believe that the argument presents "burglar alarm systems vs. car alarm systems" as a reason to seek an alternative solution to total banning, which is the proposal of fining people for false alarms.

AD3 August 25, 2022

Seriously POE is the only reason I got the answer correct as well. ABDE definitely did not make the cut.