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CR · Critical Reasoning
sub-505
Assumptions
A snack food company representative states: The plastic wraps that hold snack bags together pose a risk to marine life, which often become trapped in the discarded wraps and drown as a result. Following our initiative, all snack food companies will soon use only those wraps made from a new material that breaks down after just four days of exposure to seawater. Once we all transition from the old to the new wraps, therefore, the risk of drowning that plastic wraps pose to marine life will be eliminated.
The argument depends on which one of the following assumptions?
The argument depends on which one of the following assumptions?
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The transition to the new wraps can be completed without causing significant financial strain to the snack food companies.
B
No new wraps can break down after only three days of exposure to seawater.
C
Marine life will not become trapped in the new wraps before the wraps have had enough exposure to seawater to break down.
D
The use of the old plastic wraps poses no significant risk to marine life other than that of drowning.
E
Any marine animal that becomes trapped in the old plastic wraps will drown as a result.
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RajeshMar 29, 2025
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sub-505
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CR