PT81.S3.Q12 - In future improvements to computer

huq1417

The questions is regarding the computer simulations vs. actual test crashes. Why B cannot be the answer? Is that because "highly likely" is not good enough to be a premise? Could anyone share your ideas? Thank you.

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lTexlawz

Well, the major part of the argument telling is that any future improvement has to provide more information that important to auto makers b/c the actual crashes may not provide such info. The automakers can get more reliable info from the software simulations than physically crashing the cars and the automaker are expecting gather the info from actual car crash. You want to find an answer choice that strengthens the argument.

I will start eliminating the answer choices.

Answer choice A states that very thing that simulation will give more reliable info that car maker wants and car maker need a bit more info than actual crash provide and will hold it for now.

B is wrong. We have no definite time frame in the stimulus. It is out of scope and the argument is
saying that if we can get more info apart from the safe features. For B to work is that you were to say We are not more likely to get the info needed by the car makers by physically crashing cars. Also, be careful of the word will in the argument because it doesn't really strengthen the argument.

C is wrong. It doesn't strengthen the argument because it strays taking about building safe cars. Building safer cars is not mention in the stimulus. We want to about info from the actual crashes vs simulated crashes. C doesn't really mention that.

D is wrong. we have no way of knowing if the cost will decrease because of the software simulation. In the stimulus is that costs may decrease. D is saying that is definite with costs going down, but the stimulus is not saying that. Plus, we are more interested if actual crashes will go away and replaced by software simulations.

E is wrong. Airplane crashes doesn't tell anything about the car crashes. It is out of scope.

Answer choice A is the winner.