Self-study
Support Renting cars from dealerships is less expensive than renting cars from national rental firms. ███ ██ ████ █████████ ██ ██████████ ██████ ████████ ████ █████████ █████ █████ ███████████ █████ ████████ ███ ████ ███ ███ ████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ ███ █████ ████████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███████████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██████ █████ ██ █████████ ████ ██████████ ███ █████ █████████ ████ ███ █████████
Summarize Argument
Renting a car from dealerships instead of national rental firms benefits local residents more than tourists. Residents can benefit from dealerships’ lower rates without dealing with the disadvantages tourists face.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that there are no other significant perks to renting from a dealership that a tourist would enjoy that could potentially make renting from a dealership more worthwhile.
19.
Each of the following, if █████ ███████████ ███ ████████ ███████
a
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This strengthens the argument by providing an extra perk that dealerships offer to local residents. We already know why local residents like dealerships—this just makes it better.
b
Tourists renting cars ████ ████████ ██████ █████ ██████ █████ ████ ██ ███ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ████████
This strengthens the argument by providing another reason why renting from a dealership is less worthwhile for a tourist. If they rented from a dealership they’d have to pay for a taxi from the airport. Renting from a rental firm saves them this cost.
c
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This strengthens the argument by offering support for the premise that tourists must determine which dealerships offer rentals—travel agents are unable to provide information, and tourists must research it themselves.
d
Many local residents ████ ██ █████ ███ ███████████ ████ █████ ██████████ ████████
This strengthens the argument by providing another reason why dealerships are more worthwhile for local residents: they already know which dealerships offer cheap rentals.
e
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This weakens the argument by attacking the idea that tourists are more disadvantaged than local residents by the cost of commuting to pick up their rental car. (E) says local residents also face this issue, and that dealerships don’t actually benefit local residents in this way.