In Region K, agricultural water permits are issued annually based on historical crop yield metrics. In 2024, farms growing low-yield staple crops received 40 percent lower base water allocations than farms cultivating high-yield cash crops. However, regional environmental regulations dictate that any farm reducing its overall synthetic fertilizer usage by at least 25 percent in a given year is automatically granted a 30 percent bonus to its base water allocation for the subsequent year. In 2024, every farm cultivating high-yield cash crops reduced its synthetic fertilizer usage by more than 30 percent.
If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
- In 2025, every farm that cultivated high-yield cash crops in 2024 will qualify for a 30 percent bonus to its base water allocation.Cevap
- BIn 2024, farms cultivating high-yield cash crops consumed less total water than farms growing low-yield staple crops.
- CAny farm in Region K that reduced its synthetic fertilizer usage by more than 30 percent in 2024 cultivated high-yield cash crops.
- DIn 2025, farms growing low-yield staple crops will receive lower total water allocations than farms cultivating high-yield cash crops.
- EReducing synthetic fertilizer usage is the most effective method for farms in Region K to increase their overall crop yields.
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In 2025, every farm that cultivated high-yield cash crops in 2024 will qualify for a 30 percent bonus to its base water allocation.
The passage explicitly defines a rule: any farm reducing synthetic fertilizer usage by at least 25 percent in one year receives a 30 percent bonus to its base water allocation the next year. Since every farm cultivating high-yield cash crops reduced fertilizer usage by more than 30 percent in 2024, every such farm met the condition and must qualify for the 30 percent allocation bonus in 2025.
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Combining conditional rules and factual premises to derive a logically necessary conclusion.
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