Mayor: The new municipal recreation center includes a state-of-the-art rock climbing wall. Because rock climbing is an excellent full-body workout that builds strength and endurance, the construction of this center will significantly improve the overall physical fitness of our town's residents.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the mayor's argument depends?
- AEvery resident of the town will eventually try using the new rock climbing wall.
- BRock climbing is the only activity offered at the new center that provides a full-body workout.
- At least some of the town's residents will use the rock climbing wall at the new center.Cevap
- DThe primary reason for building the new municipal recreation center was to improve residents' physical fitness.
- EPeople who engage in rock climbing generally experience fewer health problems than those who do not.
Cevap
At least some of the town's residents will use the rock climbing wall at the new center.
For the new recreation center to improve the residents' physical fitness by providing a rock climbing wall, it is logically necessary that residents actually engage in the activity. If we apply the Negation Test and assume that absolutely no residents use the climbing wall, the mayor's conclusion that the center will significantly improve their fitness is completely destroyed. Therefore, this assumption is required.
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Necessary Assumption and the Negation Test