PT146.S3.Q5 > Explanation

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The argument concerns the % of houses with something that threatens their integrity. This isn’t affected by the number of houses in the town.

This possibility, if true, doesn’t weaken the argument. If inadequate site drainage can make a house unsafe, it’s still a feature that threatens the integrity of the house.

The argument concerns what % of houses have problems that threaten the houses’ integrity. Whether certain defects are easier to fix than others doesn’t affect the reasoning.

The author doesn’t fail to recognize this. The conclusion is that at least 60% of the town’s houses have problems that threaten integrity; that leaves up to 40% that the author believes don’t have those problems.

This possibility, if true, means we can’t simply add the 30% with inadequate site drainage to the 30% with structural defects. Since one house can have both features, the total proportion with at least one of those features would add up to less than 60%.

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