Strengthen with Necessary Premise Questions - - Question 49
The economies of some industrialized countries face the prospect of large labor shortages in the decades ahead. Meanw...
Elizabeth25April 21, 2023
understanding c
I eliminated c because " a large number" did not necessarily mean large number to the study. For example, let's use 1000, it is a large number but in comparison to 4000 it's still less than. Meaning even if a large number (1000) didn't go back to work you'd still have 3000 who did or could decide to go back to work. Obviously from the answer i was wrong but how could i have not read this ans choice like i did? hope i made sense.
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Hi, I think your analysis is correct, but for a necessary assumption question, it wasn't relevant. We need to find an answer that the author must agree with, that must be true if their argument is to make any sense. If it were the case that only very few people would voluntarily work pay retirement age, then the whole argument falls apart, so if C were not true, then the argument would fall apart.
I think your analysis is great for a sufficient assumption question, where we are looking to completely fix an argument, but for a necessary assumption like this question we are only looking for find something that author necessarily believes.
