GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 6

Question : 44 of 100

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It would cost Rose town one million dollars to repair all of its roads. In the year after completion of those repairs, however, Rose town would thereby avoid incurring three million dollars worth of damages, since currently Rose town pays that amount annually in compensation for damage done to cars each year by its unrepaired roads.
Which of the following, if true, gives the strongest support to the argument above?

Communities bordering on Rose town also pay compensation for damage done to cars by their unrepaired roads.
After any Rose town road has been repaired, several years will elapse before that road begins to damage cars.
Rose town would need to raise additional taxes if it were to spend one million dollars in one year on road repairs.
The degree of damage caused to Rose town’s roads by harsh weather can vary widely from year to year.
Trucks cause much of the wear on Rose town’s roads, but owners of cars file almost all of the claims for compensation for damage caused by unrepaired roads.

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