Legislator:Tokeepourfoodsafe,wemustprohibittheuseofanyfoodadditivesthathavebeenfoundtocausecancer.<br/>Commentator.Anabsoluteprohibitionisexcessive.Today’stestscandetectasinglemoleculeofpotentiallycancer-causingsubstances,butweknowthatconsumingsignificantlylargeramountsofsuchachemicaldoesnotincreaseone’sriskofgettingcancer.Thus,weshouldinsteadsetamaximumacceptablelevelforeachproblematicchemical,somewhatbelowthelevelatwhichthesubstancehasbeenshowntoleadtocancerbutabovezero.<br/>Ofthefollowing,whichone,iftrue,isthelogicallystrongestcounterthelegislatorcanmaketothecommentator’sargument? A: Thelevelatwhichagivenfoodadditivehasbeenshowntoleadtocancerinchildrenisgenerallyabouthalfthelevelatwhichitleadstocancerinadults. B: Consumingsmallamountsofseveraldifferentcanner-causingchemicalscanleadtocancerevenifconsumingsuchanamountofanyonecancer-causingchemicalwouldnot. C: Thelawwouldprohibitonlythedeliberateadditionofcancer-causingchemicalsandwouldnotrequiretheremovalofnaturallyoccurringcancer-causingsubstances. D: Forsomefoodadditives,thelevelatwhichthesubstancehasbeenshowntoleadtocancerislowerthanthelevelatwhichtheadditiveprovidesanybenefit. E: Allfoodadditiveshavesubstitutesthatcanbeusedintheirplace.

Randy:AfterMegaCableTelevisionCompanyrefusedtocarrythecompetingAzeoNewsServicealongsideitsownnewschannels,themayorusedherinfluencetogetAzeotimeonacommunitychannel,demonstratingherconcernforkeepingadiversityofnewsprogramminginthecity.<br/><alone></alone>Marion:Themayor’sactionisfullyexplainedbycrudermotives:she’srewardingAzeo’sowner,apoliticalsupporterofhers.<br/><alone></alone>Ofthefollowing,whichone,iftrue,isthelogicallystrongestcounterRandycanmaketoMarion’sobjection? A: TheownerofAzeosupportedthemayorsimplybecausehelikedherpoliticalagenda,andnotforanyexpectedreward. B: Themayoralsousedherinfluencetogettimeonacommunitychannelforanothernewsservice,whoseownersupportedthemayor’sopponentinthelastelection. C: Azeo’snewscoverageofthemayorhasneverbeenjudgedtobebiasedbyanimpartial,independentorganization. D: ThemanypeoplewhosejobsdependonAzeo’scontinuedpresenceonacommunitychannelareapotentialsourceofpoliticalsupportforthemayor. E: ThenumberofpeoplewhowatchMegaCableTelevisionCompany’sprogramminghasdecreasedduringthemayor’sterm.