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Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Current federal law mandates that the seats on airplanes be no closer

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Bunuel wrote:
Current federal law mandates that the seats on airplanes be no closer together than 29 inches, measured from the back of one seat to the back of the seat in front of it. In order to maximize the number of seats on each plane, most airlines adhere strictly to this standard, putting all seats 29 inches apart. New aviation safety research, however, suggests that seats be a minimum of 32 inches apart in order to meet emergency evacuation standards. In light of this research, a federal law has been proposed to mandate a 32-inch minimum distance between seats. This law, however, comes with a downside: airlines would have to reduce the number of seats on each plane, and therefore either charge more for each ticket or lose revenue on each flight.

Which of the following is an assumption required by the argument above?

A. Passengers would not be willing to spend more money per ticket for the additional comfort of the 32-inch seat distance.

B. It is not possible
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Statistics : Posted by VivekPrateek • on 30 Oct 2023, 01:30 • Replies 2 • Views 53



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