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Summary
The author concludes that anyone who feels a TV show is worth preserving should buy the products advertised during that show.
Why?
Because if people generally fail to buy the products advertised during a show, the show will be canceled.
Find or Complete the Application
Notice that the conclusion brings up the concept of “anyone who feels a TV is worth preserving,” which isn’t brought up in the premises. That tells us the author is assuming something about this group of people.
In addition, notice that the premises tell us that a show will be canceled unless “people generally” buy the products advertised during the show. But why does this support a conclusion that “anyone” who wants to preserve a show should buy the products during the show? Why couldn’t some people who want to preserve a show just sit back and let OTHER people buy the advertised products?
The underlying principle should connect the fact that a general failure to buy the advertised products would lead to cancellation to the recommendation that every single person who wants to preserve a show should buy the products advertised on the show.
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a
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The premises don’t establish that a TV show would be canceled “unless one took certain actions.” Although a TV show would be canceled “unless people generally” buy the products, that doesn’t mean each individual person needs to buy the products in order to save the show.
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Out of the five answers, (B) is the one the argument most closely matches. The premises establish that a TV show would be canceled “unless people generally” buy the products. So, since the show would be canceled unless a lot of people (”many”) buy the products, then everyone who want to preserve the show should buy the products. (B) connects the premises’ reference to people “generally” buying the products to why each individual person who wants to preserve a show should buy the products.
c
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The argument concerns people who feel that a show is worth preserving. But whether a show is actually worth preserving is a separate issue. So (C) doesn’t match the argument’s reasoning.
d
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(D) would support a conclusion that people who feel a show is worth preserving should take some kind of action to reduce the chance the show will be canceled. But it doesn’t support the conclusion that a specific action — buying the advertised products — should be done by every single person who wants to preserve the show. (D) leaves open the possibility that it’s OK for some people to take other actions, such as watching the show or publicly praising it, but don’t need to buy the advertised products.
e
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(E) allows a conclusion that the people who feel “most strongly” that the show is worth preserving should buy the products advertised during the show. But the argument concluded that “anyone” who wants to preserve the show should buy the products. (E) doesn’t capture the broader scope of the author’s conclusion.