Barraland's prison.....Experts plz help me!!!

[hfhongyb]

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I understand why C is correct, but I just don't understand why I cannot choose B. If there is the possibility that more prisons are constructed, it reduces the possibility that "the percentage of people convicted of crimes who are being given prison sentences is on the increase". I think B just gives an alternative explanation to the increase in the no. of prisons and therefore weakens the argument.....

[hfhongyb]

Ur......I just discovered that I misunderstood the word "population". I thought it was equal the "no. of prison"......Disadvantage of a non-native speaker......

[jnelson0612]

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[chetan86]

Hi Ron,

Could you please confirm whether my understanding is correct?

The argument is saying that prison population has increased. It rejects 2 reason and accepts 1 reason(conclusion).

The correct answer weakens the argument providing alternate reason for population increase.

Q : The conclusion is saying that the percentage of people convicted per crime has increased?

Sorry for such a silly question. :(

Thanks!!

[RonPurewal]

per the forum rules, before we can talk about this problem at all, we need a citation of the original source.

thank you.

[RichaChampion]

This is exam pack 1 question, and, thus, needs to be banned.

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]

Thanks for pointing that out.