PT140.S2.Q22

PrepTest 140 - Section 2 - Question 22

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Support If the budget does not allow for more dairy inspectors to be hired, most of the large dairies in the central valley will not meet federal standards governing the disposal of natural wastes, which can seep into streams and groundwater. ███ ███ ████████ ███████ ████████ ████ ███ █████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ████ █████ ███████████ █████████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████████ █████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ █████████

Summary

The author concludes that most of the district’s drinking water is likely to become polluted. This is based on the fact taht the new district budget doesn’t allow for hiring of more dairy inspectors, and if that’s the case, then most large dairies in the central valley will not meet federal standards.

Missing Connection

The premises allow us to conclude that most large dairies in the central valley won’t meet federal standards. But how do we get from this inference to the conclusion that most of the district’s drinking water is likely to be polluted? We want to supply the following relationship:

If most large daries in the central valley don’t meet federal standards, then most of the district’s drinking water is likely to be polluted.

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22.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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