If the city starts requiring

Answer choices

1. A

   Reversal1% picked this

   Most of the city's residents will continue to recycle even if a sorting

   The first statement indicates that some residents would recycle less if they were required to sort the materials that they put out for recycling, but that does not mean that most residents would continue to recycle.

   1%
2. B

   Too Strong1% picked this

   If the city starts requiring residents to sort their recyclables, then all of the residents who continue to

   Whether the recyclables that end up in the regular garbage all come from residents who abandon recycling or whether many residents simply are less diligent with their recycling efforts is not indicated in the statements.

   1%
3. C

   Unsupported Comparison13% picked this

   Implementing the sorting requirement would not cause the city's annual cost of sending garbage to its landfill to exceed its current

   Implementing the sorting requirement would cause the sanitation department to not stay within its budget. But how the cost of disposing garbage compares with the cost of sorting recyclables is not indicated in the statements.

   13%
4. D

   Correct65% picked this

   The amount of recyclables going to the city's landfill will increase if the sanitation department

   Why this is right

   The statements together SWB ? ?RL imply this is true.

   Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   65%
5. E

   Reversal19% picked this

   If the city implements the sorting requirement, the sanitation department will stay

   This reverses the RSM ? SWB third statement.

   19%