Question

Difficulty: EasyInference and Logical Deduction

Read the passage carefully: Under the Municipal Digital Literacy and Archival Scheme of 2026, public libraries that digitize at least 80% of their historical manuscripts receive additional annual infrastructure funding from the municipal council. The scheme specifies that only digitized documents made freely accessible to the public on the municipal web portal count toward this 80% threshold. Furthermore, any library receiving this additional infrastructure funding becomes automatically eligible to apply for separate technical equipment upgrades.

Based strictly on the information provided in the passage above, which of the following conclusions must logically follow?

  1. A public library that receives additional infrastructure funding under this scheme has made at least 80% of its historical manuscripts freely accessible on the municipal web portal.Answer
  2. B
    Any public library that digitizes 80% of its manuscripts will automatically receive separate technical equipment upgrades.
  3. C
    Public libraries that fail to meet the digitization threshold will eventually have their regular funding cut by the municipal council.
  4. D
    The main objective of the municipal council is to completely eliminate physical books from public libraries.

Answer

A public library that receives additional infrastructure funding under this scheme has made at least 80% of its historical manuscripts freely accessible on the municipal web portal.
The passage establishes that receiving additional infrastructure funding requires digitizing at least 80% of historical manuscripts, and that manuscripts only count toward this threshold if they are made freely accessible on the municipal web portal. Therefore, any library receiving this funding must logically have fulfilled the condition of placing at least 80% of its historical manuscripts on the web portal.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the conditions for additional infrastructure funding
Additional infrastructure funding requires digitizing at least 80% of historical manuscripts.
Explicit premise stated in the first sentence of the passage.
2
Identify the criteria for counting digitized documents toward the 80% threshold
Only manuscripts made freely accessible on the municipal web portal count toward the 80% target.
Explicit qualifying constraint stated in the second sentence.
3
Synthesize the premises into a necessary logical deduction
If a library has received additional infrastructure funding, it must have satisfied the requirement of making at least 80% of its historical manuscripts freely accessible on the web portal.
Deductive necessity derived strictly from combining the primary requirement and its qualifying constraint.

Key Concept

Logical Inference based on Explicit Conditional Premises
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