Solutions

Question

Aroca County’s public schools are supported primarily by taxes on the property. The county plans to eliminate the property tax and support schools with a new three percent sales tax on all retail items sold in the county. Three percent of current retail sales is less than the amount collected through property taxes, but the implementation of the plan would not necessarily reduce the amount of money going to Aroca County public schools, because

 

Difficulty Level

Medium

Solution

Option B is the right answer.

Option Analysis

Question type: Inference based 

 Summary of the argument: Since this is an inference question it is best to read the facts given and find an answer that is 100% true based on the facts.  

 

A) This tells that the new retail sales tax proposed is not going to help the schools because a lot of people have already left Aroca.  

B) Correct Answer

C) We are not worried about what the parents of the children will do.  

D) Doesn’t contribute to the logic of the argument.  

E) This doesn’t tell why the money going to Aroca’s schools will reduce.