PT153 S2 Q21 ExplanationCity official: Landowners must clear the snow

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Correct53% picked this

   If the city clears a sidewalk of snow 50 hours after the end of a snowstorm, the owner will be billed for the

   Why this is right

   This seems right. What do we know about snow on your sidewalk 50 hours after a storm? The second sentence says that the city has the right to clear your sidewalk and will always bill you for it, if they do. The third sentence tells us that you'll definitely get a citation, and you might get a fine do (if you don't have extenuating circumstances). So it's fair to say that if the city clears your sidewalk at hour 50, you're gonna get billed and you were already definitely going to get a citation.

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

   53%
2. B

   Too Strong9% picked this

   All landowners who fail to clear their sidewalks by 24 hours after the end of a snowstorm will be billed by

   There isn't any rule that says you automatically get billed after hour 24. The city has a right to clear your sidewalk at that point, and whenever they do (i.e. if they do), you'll get billed. But it's possible that you failed to clear the sidewalk in the first 24 hours, the city doesn't take advantage of its right to clear it, and then you shovel the snow at hour 30. The city wouldn't have ever cleared your sidewalk so they wouldn't be billing you for anything.

   9%
3. C

   Too Strong4% picked this

   All sidewalks in the city will be cleared of snow within 50 hours of the

   We don't know that all sidewalks will be cleared, since we're only told that the city has the right to clear your sidewalk after the 24 hour mark. That doesn't mean they'll exercise that right (even if they wanted to, they might not have the manpower to clear all sidewalks in the city). No sidewalk-clearing kicks into gear at the 48 hour mark, just citations and possible fines.

   4%
4. D

   Too Strong23% picked this

   Nearly all landowners who do not clear their sidewalks within 48 hours after the end of a

   We can't speak to the frequency of "extenuating circumstances", so we don't know whether all / nearly all / most / many / some get fined. If you have extenuating circumstances, you don't necessarily get fined at the 48 hour mark. It might be that the vast majority of people clear their sidewalks within 48 hours, and the only people who let it go beyond that are mainly people who had extenuating circumstances (they were in a different city when snowstorm hit).

   23%
5. E

   Illegal Opposite Contradicted11% picked this

   Landowners who can demonstrate extenuating circumstances will not be billed by the city for

   "Unless" = if it's not the case that if they can't demonstrate ? always get extenuating circumstances fined This answer is saying if they can ? won't get demonstrate billed We weren't told any exception like that. In fact, this is contradicted by the fact that we were told that "whenever the city clears snow for you, it will bill you."

   11%