Self-study
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Summarize Argument
The appliance dealer concludes that consumers have little reason to object to manufacturers’ practice of modifying existing models without giving the modified versions new model names. As support, the appliance dealer cites the fact that these changes are always improvements that benefit the buyer.
Notable Assumptions
The appliance dealer assumes that customers don’t have a reason to object to getting “improved” models without knowing it. It could be the case that customers were specifically looking for features of the previous (”unimproved”) model. The argument also ignores the fact that, because the model names aren’t changed, consumers have no way to determine which model they purchased.
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a
Appliances are generally █████████ ████ ███ ███████████ ████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ██████
The argument discusses consumers’ attitudes upon acquisition of appliances, so the extended use of these appliances is outside of the scope of the argument.
b
Appliances usually carry █ █████ ██████ ████ ████████ █████████████ ████ ████████ ███████████ █████ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ███ █████ █████
This tells us that consumers have a way to determine which exact model they’re purchasing, even if the model name isn’t informative. Consumers can just use the model number to see which product they get, so this information may even support the argument.
c
Appliance manufacturers frequently ████ █████████ ████████ █████ ███████ █████████ █████ ██████
The argument is about customers’ objections to the practice of listing different products under the same name; having the same products with different names is not relevant to this issue.
d
Improved versions of ██████████ █████████ ██████ █████████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███████ ███████ ███ █████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ███ ████ █████ █████
This weakens the argument because it shows that customers could purchase an appliance without knowing if they’re getting the older version or the “improved” version. If a customer can’t know if they are getting the old or the improved version, they may have a reason to object.
e
The high cost ██ ███████ ███████████ █████ █████████ █████████████ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ █████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██ █████ █████████
This information refers to manufacturers’ motivations, while the argument discusses consumers’ reactions to manufacturers’ practices. This information is outside the scope of the argument.