Free GRE Prep Hour: Can you find the assumptions in these GRE passages?

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The second question about speeding tickets doesnt make sense. I feel like the answer should have been red cars attract more attention hence they get more tickets. But if they dont, like the written answer then they will get away with speeding disapproving the premise. Which is wrong. And why are we saying influence the police behavior if the conclusion was on the behavior of the driver.

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Hi! Good question, and this gets at why it's important to distinguish between the different types of argument structure questions. Your answer, that red cars attract more attention and hence they receive more tickets, would be a perfect fit if this were a "weaken" question! (Which of the following would most weaken the argument?) If red cars do attract more attention, that makes the original conclusion less believable, because the drivers' behavior may have nothing to do with why red cars receive more tickets. Since this is an "assumption" question, the answer should be something that helps the argument make more sense. Answer B says that red cars don't attract any more attention than other cars, which helps the original conclusion make more sense, since it's more reason to think the drivers who get more tickets are actually driving differently.