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In the past five years, many students from Lira town have frequently enrolled in universities in the nearby Nara town to obtain their master's degrees. However, due to a recent update in the educational regulations of Nara town, the universities there are set to raise their tuition fees to nearly match those of the universities in Lira town. Consequently, it can be inferred that universities in Lira town will experience an increase in student enrollments for their master's programs.

Which of the following is an assumption on which this argument relies?

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The faculty at universities in Nara town are typically viewed as superior to those at universities in Lira town.

Lira town lacks high-quality universities.

The affordable tuition fees at universities in Nara town are the main reason students from Lira town choose to attend those universities.

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Students attending universities in Lira town do not achieve better outcomes than those attending universities in Nara town.

Nara town has fewer universities than Lira town.

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The argument states that due to the increase in tuition fees at universities in Nara town, students from Lira town will likely enroll more in Lira town's universities. This conclusion relies on the assumption that the low tuition fees at Nara town's…

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Comments

lucianMar 15, 2025

Great!

denizMar 11, 2025

thanks

JoApr 17, 2025

thanks for taking time to upload it!

BellaMar 26, 2024

how much time should this take to solve?

HrishitaAug 31, 2024

good question

MaitreyeeSep 16

thanks, this one was pretty straightforward once I spotted the tuition link

ColeSep 30

same, the word 'consequently' gave it away for me

BebasAug 22

wait why is A wrong? If Nara faculty are better wouldn't students still go there despite the fee increase?

ChristopherSep 1

that actually would weaken the argument, not support it. We need something the argument NEEDS to be true.

AdrienAug 31

yeah A makes the conclusion less likely, so it can't be the assumption

MatildeJul 29

C feels almost too obvious for an assumption question, but I guess that's the point — the whole argument falls apart if cost wasn't the deciding factor

What this question tests

What it tests

Whether you can identify the unstated assumption a critical-reasoning argument depends on.

Common trap

Picking an option that strengthens the argument or is merely relevant instead of one that is required.