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In a large corporation, one of the KIS → PD functions of the corporation's president is to promote the key interests of the shareholders.
The president has a duty to keep P → PD the corporation's profits high.
The argument assumes that P → KIS keeping the corporation’s profits high is a key interest of the shareholders.
Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the editorialist's argument?
Shareholders sometimes will be satisfied
The satisfaction of shareholders is not relevant to the argument.
0% picked this
The president and the board
This supports the only premise of the argument.
2% picked this
Keeping a corporation's profits high
Why this is right
This bridges the gap between a P → KIS corporation’s profits and advancing the key interests of the corporations shareholders.
Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
97% picked this
In considering where to invest,
Considering where to invest is not relevant to the argument.
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The president of a corporation
This supports the only premise of the argument.
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