- Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:00 am
#23065
Complete Question Explanation
Assumption. The correct answer choice is (B)
The school superintendent claims that the best high school was previously limited to children of those wealthy enough to pay the tuition. The superintendent announces that since now the only requirement is residence in the school's neighborhood, people who could not attend previously will now be able to attend.
The superintendent ignores the strong possibility that a school that serves the wealthy might just happen to be in a wealthy neighborhood. Since you are asked to identify the superintendent's necessary assumption, you should concentrate on that, although any number of other factors could also come into play.
Answer choice (A): The superintendent relies on the assumption that the residents of the neighborhood are not all wealthy, so this choice is somewhat contradictory and therefore incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. The superintendent must assume that people other than those already wealthy enough to pay the tuition live in the school's neighborhood.
Answer choice (C): This choice is incorrect, because it goes too far. The superintendent only needs a few people who could not afford tuition to be enabled to attend, but this choice concerns whether most of the new students will be those whose parents could not previously pay.
Answer choice (D): The superintendent's argument concerned who goes to a specific high school, so information about whether students could attend another high school is irrelevant.
Answer choice (E): The superintendent argues that people will have the option, not that people will want to use it.
Assumption. The correct answer choice is (B)
The school superintendent claims that the best high school was previously limited to children of those wealthy enough to pay the tuition. The superintendent announces that since now the only requirement is residence in the school's neighborhood, people who could not attend previously will now be able to attend.
The superintendent ignores the strong possibility that a school that serves the wealthy might just happen to be in a wealthy neighborhood. Since you are asked to identify the superintendent's necessary assumption, you should concentrate on that, although any number of other factors could also come into play.
Answer choice (A): The superintendent relies on the assumption that the residents of the neighborhood are not all wealthy, so this choice is somewhat contradictory and therefore incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. The superintendent must assume that people other than those already wealthy enough to pay the tuition live in the school's neighborhood.
Answer choice (C): This choice is incorrect, because it goes too far. The superintendent only needs a few people who could not afford tuition to be enabled to attend, but this choice concerns whether most of the new students will be those whose parents could not previously pay.
Answer choice (D): The superintendent's argument concerned who goes to a specific high school, so information about whether students could attend another high school is irrelevant.
Answer choice (E): The superintendent argues that people will have the option, not that people will want to use it.