Q12 - Light utility trucks have become

[willaminic]

Hi, I was debating between A and E, and then i choose A, the reason is because i think E is already stated in premise, (they are exempt from the government's car-safety....), so i am just confused why do we still choose E????

Thank you for the help.

[giladedelman]

Careful!

The premise tells us that light utility trucks are exempt from government-safety standards. But it DOESN'T tell us that they are actually less likely to meet those standards. Maybe even though they're exempt, they are still manufactured to be super safe. So the argument needs to assume that the trucks are less likely than regular cars to meet the government-safety standards. That's the only way we can conclude that they are more dangerous.

So that's why (E) is correct.

(A) is incorrect because we're actually told that the trucks are exempt from safety standards.

(B) is out because we don't care about the likelihood of an accident, we care about how dangerous a given accident will be.

(C) is out for the same reason.

(D) is incorrect because the engine power is totally out of scope.

Does that answer your question?