Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the

Pre-thinking -
Misleading statistics. The cost is $8 billion (who took this cost?) while the profits are just $4 billion (whose profit is this?)
The assumption is that the people who are taking the majority of the cost and people who are reaping the benefits are the same - what if the industrialists don't take the majority of the cost (someone else - may be the payer), but they take 100% of the profit. Then, the conclusion that "This (substantial profits) can't be the motive" fallsapart.

Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?

(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia. - the alternate cause - in this case, "a significant rise in productivity" will strengthen the argument and not point at the flaw.

(B) The largest proportion of Distopia’s federal expenses
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Statistics : Posted by ramandhiman • on 31 Jul 2008, 19:29 • Replies 17 • Views 24583

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