After a major toll highway introduced

Answer choices

1. A

   Opposite (if anything)0% picked this

   The highway began charging higher tolls when it switched to electronic

   Higher tolls would potentially discourage drivers from using the highway. We would expect that to decrease the total air pollution.

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2. B

   Too Weak: sometimes2% picked this

   Even after the switch to electronic toll paying, there were sometimes long delays at

   This answer could be something that the stimulus already takes into account. We're told that delays at all interchanges declined significantly. That can still be true, and still contribute to their being less pollution, even if there are still "sometimes" long delays.

   2%
3. C

   Correct95% picked this

   The prospect of faster, more convenient travel induced more drivers to

   Why this is right

   If more drivers used the highway there would be an increase in pollution. The decrease in pollution per trip might not be enough to offset this increase caused by more drivers, so the total amount of pollution could easily stay the same.

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

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4. D

   Too Weak1% picked this

   Travel time on the highway for car trips under 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) did

   This answer could be something that the stimulus already takes into account. We're told that travel time per car trip decreased by an average of 10 percent. That average would already account for any travel times that didn't decrease. If travel times for trips under 30 km didn't decrease, travel times for other trips would have decreased enough to produce an average decrease of 10 percent. The average decrease of 10 percent is more relevant than the travel time for any individual trip.

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5. E

   Too Weak: some1% picked this

   Some drivers did not switch to the electronic system but instead continued to use cash to pay their

   Based on the information that we're given in the stimulus, it seems that a significant number of drivers did switch to the electronic system. That could very well be what caused the decreases in delays at interchanges, average total time per trip, and tailpipe pollution. And this could all be true even if "some" drivers did not switch to the electronic system. This answer could easily be something that the stimulus already takes into account.

   1%