If the public library shared

Answer choices

1. A

   No Impact3% picked this

   The public library was located between Glenwood and Redville before being moved to its current

   The library's past location doesn't affect the current comparison between Redville and Glenwood. Whether the library was previously between the towns is unrelated to whether it will have more nearby users in Glenwood.

   3%
2. B

   Correct50% picked this

   The area covered by central Glenwood is approximately the same size as that covered

   Why this is right

   If central Glenwood is approximately the same size as central Redville, and if there are more people in central Glenwood (as we were told), then central Glenwood has higher population density, which helps us argue that a library there would be in walking distance of more people. By contrast, if central Glenwood was a much larger area than central Redville, then even though there are more people in central Glenwood, it could be that a library somewhere in central Glenwood will still be out of walking distance for many residents. (i.e. there are more people in LA than in NYC, but there are more people who walk to things in NYC because stuff is compressed, not spread out over a huge area of land)

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

   50%
3. C

   Irrelevant Comparison1% picked this

   The building that is available in Glenwood is smaller than an alternative building that is

   This might suggest that fewer people could be inside the library at any given time, but it wouldn't have anything to do with how many people live within walking distance. If anything, this weakens by making it seem like people would be less inclined to use the library in central Glenwood.

   1%
4. D

   No Impact2% picked this

   Many of the people who use the public library do not live in either

   Users who do not live in either town are not relevant to the argument's concern about number of users within walking distance. Whether the library is in Glenwood or Redville, these people will NOT be within walking distance.

   2%
5. E

   Unclear Impact45% picked this

   The distance that people currently walk to get to the library is farther than what is

   It's hard to know whether this would still be true in Glenwood, so it doesn't really give us any way to compare having the library in Redville vs. in Glenwood. It sounds like Redville has an "unexpectedly high number of users who walk" because their average distance surpasses what we'd guess people would be willing to walk. So if anything, that hurts the author and allows an opponent to say there are more walking-users in Redville.

   45%