Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: Official GMAT Practice Question reading comprehension

Roland:The alarming fact is that 90 percent of the people in this country now report that they know someone who is unemployed.

Sharon: But at a normal, moderate level of unemployment is 5 percent, with one out of 20 workers unemployed. So at any given time if a person knows approximately 50 workers, one or more will very likely be unemployed.

Sharon's argument relies on the assumption that...


a) normal levels of unemployment are rarely exceeded
b)
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