Critical Reasoning (CR) | Genwash, a producer of washing machines, has found that the greater th

Genwash, a producer of washing machines, has found that the greater the number of years one of its machines has been in use, the more likely it is that that machine will suffer a serious breakdown. To monitor product quality, at the end of every year, Genwash conducts a survey to determine the percentage of the machines sold by the company in the preceding 10 years that have operated without a serious breakdown. The survey results indicate that that percentage was much greater five years ago than it is this year. The average quality of machines produced by Genwash must have declined in recent years.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

A. The number of washing machines sold annually by Genwash has not steadily and significantly decreased over the past five years.

B. Over the past five years, Genwash has not made significant changes to the components that it uses to build its washing machines.

C. The percentage of owners of Genwash machines that have
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