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#24523
Complete Question Explanation
Assumption. The correct answer choice is (B)
Answer choice (A): Roland does not assume this. In fact, this is almost in direct contradiction to Roland’s point, which states that a longer life is not worth it if it requires a lifetime spent eating unappealing low-fat diet.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. If negated, this answer states that low-fat diet can be made appealing and satisfying. If that is true, then perhaps modifying our diet is worthwhile after all. This weakens Roland’s argument, since Roland assumes that low-fat diet is necessarily unappealing and thus modifying our diet is never worthwhile.
Answer choice (C): Roland does not assume this. Even if diet is not the only relevant factor, Roland’s argument that it is not worthwhile to modify our diet still stands.
Answer choice (D): Roland would disagree with this. By refusing to lower fat consumption from 37 percent to 30 percent of total calories because it is not worthwhile to eat unappealing low-fat food, Roland is assuming that there is a difference in taste between a 30 percent fat diet and a 37 percent fat diet.
Answer choice (E): Roland does not assume this. Even if everyone in the country eats the average diet, his position that a modification is not worthwhile still stands.
Assumption. The correct answer choice is (B)
Answer choice (A): Roland does not assume this. In fact, this is almost in direct contradiction to Roland’s point, which states that a longer life is not worth it if it requires a lifetime spent eating unappealing low-fat diet.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. If negated, this answer states that low-fat diet can be made appealing and satisfying. If that is true, then perhaps modifying our diet is worthwhile after all. This weakens Roland’s argument, since Roland assumes that low-fat diet is necessarily unappealing and thus modifying our diet is never worthwhile.
Answer choice (C): Roland does not assume this. Even if diet is not the only relevant factor, Roland’s argument that it is not worthwhile to modify our diet still stands.
Answer choice (D): Roland would disagree with this. By refusing to lower fat consumption from 37 percent to 30 percent of total calories because it is not worthwhile to eat unappealing low-fat food, Roland is assuming that there is a difference in taste between a 30 percent fat diet and a 37 percent fat diet.
Answer choice (E): Roland does not assume this. Even if everyone in the country eats the average diet, his position that a modification is not worthwhile still stands.