Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Studies have shown that elderly people who practice a religion are muc

Hi @‌GMATNinja

Can you give a more detailed explanation as to why D is wrong because if old people have a reason to participate we can infer that they have a will to participate and if they have the will to participate it would give more support to why those people that are religious tend be alive before and during those holidays.

Whatever the reasons maybe they still want to participate which in turn will strengthen the conclusion that the will power can prolong life whereas in Option A we have make an assumption that "Dying just before or during the holiday would be the WORST case scenario for these people" and the elderly people actually care enough to avoid the worst case scenario happening to their families which is not the authors main intent in using the elderly people as example.

To me it seems that D is just a stronger option and come to support the conclusion without having to make any assumptions.

If there is any mistake
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Statistics : Posted by GMATNinja • on 20 Jul 2008, 16:16 • Replies 23 • Views 52390

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