Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT15 S2 Q9 Explanation

Over the past twenty-five years

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Stimulus

Over the past twenty-five years the introduction of laborsaving technologies has greatly reduced the average amount of time a worker needs to produce a given output, potentially both reducing the number of hours each worker works each week and increasing workers’ leisure time correspondingly. The average amount of leisure time per at which the average hourly output per worker has grown.

What this question is testing

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Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
9.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following is most strongly

Answer choices

  1. Trap6% picked this

    Workers, on average, spend more money on leisure activities today than they did

  2. Trap4% picked this

    Labor-saving technologies have created fewer jobs than they

  3. Trap4% picked this

    The percentage of the population that is in the work force has grown over the

  4. Trap15% picked this

    The average hourly output per worker has not risen as much as had been anticipated when modern labor-saving

  5. Correct71% picked this

    Twenty-five years ago the average weekly output per worker was less than

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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