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Complete Question Explanation
Main Point. The correct answer choice is (A)
The author concludes that CDs offer an improvement in artistic freedom over vinyl records because they do not suffer from the limitations that require artists recording on vinyl to end their recordings with a particular type of song. The secret to answering Main Point questions correctly is to remember the conclusion as precisely as possible and avoid getting distracted by answers that either (1) state true facts that do not express the main point, or (2) state conclusions similar to, but sufficiently different from, the one expressed in the stimulus.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. This is an almost exact paraphrase of the conclusion in the first sentence of the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): While we can infer this from the premises offered in support of the conclusion, we are not dealing with Must Be True question. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): As with answer choice (B), an inference that does not express the main point of the argument will not provide a good answer to a Main Point question.
Answer choice (D): It may be true that CDs represent a considerable technological advance over vinyl records, but we cannot know for sure. Furthermore, even if they did, the main point of the argument is that CDs offer greater artistic freedom than vinyl records, not that they are technologically superior. This answer choice is both an exaggeration and a misinterpretation of the conclusion.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is neither an inference nor the main point of the argument and is incorrect.
Main Point. The correct answer choice is (A)
The author concludes that CDs offer an improvement in artistic freedom over vinyl records because they do not suffer from the limitations that require artists recording on vinyl to end their recordings with a particular type of song. The secret to answering Main Point questions correctly is to remember the conclusion as precisely as possible and avoid getting distracted by answers that either (1) state true facts that do not express the main point, or (2) state conclusions similar to, but sufficiently different from, the one expressed in the stimulus.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. This is an almost exact paraphrase of the conclusion in the first sentence of the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): While we can infer this from the premises offered in support of the conclusion, we are not dealing with Must Be True question. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): As with answer choice (B), an inference that does not express the main point of the argument will not provide a good answer to a Main Point question.
Answer choice (D): It may be true that CDs represent a considerable technological advance over vinyl records, but we cannot know for sure. Furthermore, even if they did, the main point of the argument is that CDs offer greater artistic freedom than vinyl records, not that they are technologically superior. This answer choice is both an exaggeration and a misinterpretation of the conclusion.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is neither an inference nor the main point of the argument and is incorrect.