Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The chairperson of Acme Corporation has decided to move the company fr

The chairperson of Acme Corporation has decided to move the company from its current location in Milltown to Ocean View. Most Acme employees cannot afford housing within a 30-minute commute of Ocean View. So once the company has moved, most Acme employees will have a commute of more than 30 minutes.

The argument requires assuming which one of the following?

(A) All Acme employees can affordhousing within a 30-minute commute ofMilltown . - WRONG. What presently is the case we are not sure about. Also, this does not affect the conclusion for why most would commute more than 30 minutes.   
(B) The chairperson of Acme has good fmancial reasons for wanting tomove the company to Ocean View. - WRONG. May be but does not affect the conclusion just like A does not.
(C) None of Acme's employees except the chairperson are in favor ofmoving the company to Ocean View. - WRONG. Again like B this too makes the same mistake. 
(D) Currently, most Acme employees have a commute of less than 30 minutes.
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Statistics : Posted by unraveled • on 05 Oct 2017, 09:48 • Replies 6 • Views 5677

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