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Difficulty: EasyResolve the Paradox

Scenario: In a busy maritime port, the installation of automated cargo cranes increased the overall volume of freight processed per day by thirty percent. However, the average amount of time each cargo ship spent docked at the port also increased over the same time frame.

Statement: The proposition that the port began receiving far larger container ships carrying substantially more freight per vessel after the cranes were installed helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy described above.

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True. The additional fact successfully resolves the apparent paradox by explaining how individual dock times can increase while total port throughput also rises.
The claim is True because introducing a shift in ship capacity accounts for longer individual docking periods while remaining completely consistent with higher aggregate freight volume processed by the new cranes.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the two competing facts in the scenario
Fact 1: Total daily freight volume increased by 30 percent due to automated cranes. Fact 2: Average dock time per ship increased rather than decreased.
Resolving a paradox requires isolating the apparent contradiction between two observed phenomena.
2
Analyze how the proposed statement affects both facts
If ships are individually carrying much larger freight loads, unloading each vessel requires more total time at dock, even though the automated cranes move cargo faster on an aggregate daily basis.
A valid resolution provides a bridging factor (increased load per vessel) that accounts for both the increase in total volume and the increase in individual turnaround time.
3
Determine whether the proposition reconciles or deepens the paradox
The proposition reconciles the discrepancy completely without denying either premise.
Since the auxiliary statement actively resolves the discrepancy, the claim that it helps resolve the paradox is True.

Key Concept

Resolving a paradox by differentiating aggregate throughput from individual unit turnaround time via cargo volume per vessel.
Estimated Time:45s
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