The Rienzi, a passenger ship, sank as a result of a hole in its hull, possibly caused by sabotage. Normally when a holed ship sinks as rapidly as the Rienzi did, water does not enter the ship quickly enough for the ship to be fully flooded when it reaches the ocean floor. Full flooding can be achieved, however, by sabotage. Any ship that sinks deep into the ocean when not fully flooded will implode. Deep-sea photographs of the Rienzi where it rests on the ocean floor, reveal that it did notimplode.
Which one of the following must be true on the basis of the informationabove?
This is an Inference question, and the correct answer will be the choice that is proven true by the statements in thepassage.
(A) The Rienzi was so constructed as to reduce the risk of sinking byimpact.
The passage says nothing about how the Rienzi was constructed and does not indicate anything about the relative risk of the Rienzi sinking by impact.
The passage does say that the sinking was "possibly
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Which one of the following must be true on the basis of the informationabove?
This is an Inference question, and the correct answer will be the choice that is proven true by the statements in thepassage.
(A) The Rienzi was so constructed as to reduce the risk of sinking byimpact.
The passage says nothing about how the Rienzi was constructed and does not indicate anything about the relative risk of the Rienzi sinking by impact.
The passage does say that the sinking was "possibly
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