PT129.S2.Q20

PrepTest 129 - Section 2 - Question 20

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In the past, when there was no highway speed limit, the highway accident rate increased yearly, peaking a decade ago. ██ ████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██ ██ ██████████ ███ ████ █████ ███ █████ ███ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ ██████ ███ ███████ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ████ █████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ██ ██ ███ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ████████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ██ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the highway speed limit has decreased the highway accident rate by at least 15 percent. This is because the highway accident rate has been at least 15 percent lower each year than it was at its peak, which came just before the highway speed limit was introduced.

Notable Assumptions

By concluding that the highway speed limit caused the reduction in accidents, the author is assuming causation from correlation. This means the author assumes there wasn't some other relevant change, like road repairs or adding new highway lanes, that happened at the same time as the speed limit was set and caused the reduced accident rate instead.

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20.

Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ █████████ ███████ ███ █████████

a

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b

Ten years ago, ██ █████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ██ █████ ████ █ █████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ███ █████

c

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d

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e

It was not █████ ███████ █████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████████ ████ ████████ ████ ██ ████ █████ ███ ███████ ████████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ███████████

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