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Modern medicine has resulted in an increased life expectancy and contributed to an increase in the proportion of the population that is of advanced age.
Increasing the proportion of the population that is of advanced age is creating potentially devastating financial problems for some social welfare programs.
Which one of the following propositions is most precisely exemplified by the situation presented above?
Technical or scientific innovation cannot
It could be that the solution to the problem created by modern medicine could be technical or scientific innovation.
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Implementing technological innovations should be
The statements are about solving and creating problems, but does not recommend delaying or limiting modern medicine.
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Every enhancement of the quality
The relationship in this answer is appropriate but goes too far by applying it to every enhancement of the quality of life, while the statements are simply about the effects of modern medicine.
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All social institutions are affected
The statements do not support the point that all social institutions are affected by modern medicine.
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Solving one set of problems
Why this is right
This generalizes the situation given in the stimulus. Modern medicine may solve the problem of living a short life, but it also may create financial problems for social welfare programs.
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