It takes 365.25 days for the

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Stimulus

It takes 365.25 days for the Earth to make one complete revolution around the Sun. Long-standing convention makes a year 365 days long, with an extra day added every fourth year, and the year is divided into 52 seven-day weeks. But since 52 times 7 is only 364, anniversaries do not fall year belonged to no week, so that January 1 would be a Sunday every year.

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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.

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

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The question

19.

The proposal above, once put into effect, would be most likely to result in continued scheduling conflicts for which one

Answer choices

No Impact30% picked this
people who have birthdays or other anniversaries on December 30
It doesn't seem like this would adversely affect people with Dec 30 / Dec 31 birthdays. If your birthday is Dec 30, it will always be a Saturday. If it's Dec 31, it will always be a Blankday.
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Correct46% picked this
employed people whose strict religious observances require that they refrain from working
Why this is right
With this new calendar, if someone were refraining from working every Saturday, then once the new year hits, they will be refraining from working every Friday, which is probably a dealbreaker for a lot of employers. Dec 30th was a Saturday. No work. Dec 31 - blankday Jan 1 - sunday Jan 2 - mon Jan 3 - tues Jan 4 - wed Jan 5 - thurst Jan 6 - friday (7 days later, no work)
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No Impact4% picked this
school systems that require students to attend classes a specific number of
It doesn't seem like this new calendar would make it hard to count the number of days that students have attended school each year.
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Weaker Impact14% picked this
employed people who have three-day breaks from work when holidays are celebrated on
This would only impact these people around New Year's. Dec 30 - Saturday Dec 31 - Blankday Jan 1 - Sunday Jan 2 - Monday Would Monday be a holiday? Possibly. New Year's Day is normally a holiday and so when it falls on a Sunday we normally get that Monday off instead. So this would mean that they have a four day weekend over New Year's. That doesn't seem to present as big an issue as the one in (B).
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No Impact6% picked this
people who have to plan events several years before those
If anything, this new calendar would be easier for such people. If they want to have a Saturday wedding three years from now, they don't have to look up which days in May will be Saturdays. Whatever days in May are Saturdays this year will be the same as next year, and the year after that ...
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