Summary
Some people limit their intake of calories and cholesterol in order to lose weight and reduce the amount of cholesterol in their blood. When a person loses weight, this causes fat cells to decrease in size. As fat cells decrease in size, fat cells release the cholesterol they contain into the bloodstream.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Therefore, a person on a low-calorie and low-cholesterol diet may as a result have more cholesterol in their blood.
A
might at first have an increased level of cholesterol in his or her blood
This answer is strongly supported. Since shrinking fat cells cause these cells to release cholesterol into a person’s bloodstream, a person losing weight may experience increased levels of cholesterol in their blood.
B
will not lose weight any faster than will a person whose diet is high in calories
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what the effects are of a diet high in calories to draw this comparison.
C
might lose more weight by going on a low-calorie, high-cholesterol diet than by going on the low-calorie, low-cholesterol diet
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what the effects are of a diet low in calories and high in cholesterol to draw this comparison. We only know the effects of a diet low in both calories and cholesterol.
D
will not decrease the size of his or her fat cells
This answer is anti-supported. We know from the stimulus that a diet low in calories and low in cholesterol causes a person to lose wieght, which in turn causes a person’s fat cells to shrink.
E
will both decrease the level of cholesterol in his or her blood and gain weight
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know whether a person would gain weight as a result of a diet low in both calories and cholesterol.
A
Taxpayers should be allowed to decide whether a portion of their tax dollars is to be used to fund the arts.
Sure, taxpayers can vote for elected representatives who vote against funding the arts if they so choose. But we need a principle that tell us taxpayers aren’t wronged when elected representatives vote to fund the arts, even when the arts are occasionally offensive.
B
The funding of a particular activity is warranted if it is funded by elected representatives who legitimately fund that activity in general.
Funding offensive art is fine so long as elected representatives generally fund the arts. Particular works of art may be offensive, but the arts as a whole are something elected representatives have the right to continue supporting.
C
Elected representatives are within their rights to fund any activity that is supported by a majority of their constituents.
We have no idea if most people support the arts.
D
Those who resent taxation to subsidize offensive art should vote against their incumbent government representatives.
They probably should, but the author isn’t concluding about what taxpayers should do. We need something that tells us taxpayers weren’t treated unjustly by the funding of offensive art.
E
Since taxpayers are free to leave their country if they disapprove of their representatives’ decisions, they have no right to complain about arts funding.
Taxpayers can complain all they like. We need something that tells us they weren’t be treated unjustly by their elected representatives.