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[askuwheteau@protonmail.com]

I solved this question in 1 min34 seconds as I read it as a strengthen question and prephrased that the correct answer would touch upon the negative environmental impacts of the diluted solution. However, I don't see the antidiultion provision as being a conclusion supported by sentences 1-3. Please explain why the antidilution provision is a conclusion? Thanks.



Prephrased the answer here that dilution of XTX by manufacturers will have some negative effect upon the environment.

A: NI (off-point…doesn’t discuss dilution and its possible environmental effects)

B: Strengthens (close match with the prephrase)

C: NI

D: NI (irrelevant)

E: NI (Out of Scope of the stimulus as cost was never a factor even alluded to in the stimulus)

[Adam Tyson]

You're correct that it's not a conclusion in the stimulus, askuwheteau@protonmail.com. It's the question stem that tells us what to do here, which is support that provision. It's at this point that we can look at that provision as if it was a conclusion in need of some support. The question is essentially asking us to create an argument in support of that provision, so the correct answer could be viewed as a premise, the conclusion of which would be that we should include the antidilution provision.

Of course, you don't have to view it this way. You could instead just look at it as a decision that has been made, and our job is to find an answer that suggests that the decision was rational. It may even feel a bit like a Resolve the Paradox question, although the stimulus doesn't seem especially paradoxical. Strengthen and Resolve are very similar in many respects, and both involve answers that bring up new information that makes sense of something in the stimulus. Why not just dilute the stuff, since that would obviously reduce the concentration? The correct answer tells us why that wouldn't be acceptable.

So, in short, there are no premises in support of that provision. The correct answer provides one.

[askuwheteau@protonmail.com]

Thank you for the clarification!

[Dancingbambarina]

Does "not only" in the second sentence not indicate for two necessary conditions: Attract attention AND Hold long enough to convey message ?