PT 52 LR (Section 3 #13) Forum

[boomer07]

I got the correct answer but wasted a lot of time and am not really sure why E is incorrect. If most people seriously injured un auto sccidents in country X DO currently receive treatment in specialized trauma centers, then isn't it unlikely that increasing accessibility to specialized trauma centers would have any real impact on the gross national product, and therefore a legit challenge to the conclusion?

[alphagamma]

No, it's not a challenge to the conclusion. The stimulus never says anything about how many people will be helped by the new system (only that it could save the lives of many people). So, for example, if 10,000 people are seriously injured every year, and 9,000 of them (most) already receive care at specialized trauma centers, then that still leaves 1,000 (many) to be helped. And those 1,000 could make a huge difference (avg. $32,000 per year income each, or about $1.3 billion over 40 years).

The correct answer (that those saved people will be able to get jobs), if reversed (meaning they will make $0), rips the argument apart much more effectively.

[boomer07]

Makes sense...thank you alphagamma!