If retail stores experience a decrease in revenues during this holiday season, then either attitudes toward extravaga...

jkarm February 6, 2021

Unclear on “assume premises to be true”

I got this wrong because I thought the statement “assume the premises to be true” meant that we assume Declining Revenues... which lead to either Attitudes Change or Prices Rise, and since we are given that Not-(Salaries Kept Pace) then we get Not-Prices Rise, so then if we get Declining Revenue is true with Attitudes Change and Prices Rise and we know it’s not Prices Rise then Attitudes Change. But, the answer says that we aren’t given Declining Revenue is true. So what does it mean when they say “assume premises are true”?? Can I think of this statement in a different way? Or should I completely ignore it..?

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Thomas-Higgins April 8, 2021

The key part of the premise for me was the first word "If". That kept me from assuming the actual decrease in revenue, rather focusing more on the other two "If" statements. The last statement says "then it must be true" in regards to salaries being the reason people are not buying. Since the stem gives us the fact that salaries have kept pace, then it is not an issue as to whether they can afford them.