#21 - Leona: If the average consumption of eggs in the

[Jeremy Press]

Hi Katherine,

Good question!

Here's how I see it. If I asked Leona to clarify her argument, and all she said in response was, "[t]he actual rate of population growth depends on changes in life expectancy," then I'd still feel the need to ask her to clarify further. I'd have to ask her if she means that eating fewer eggs results in higher life expectancy (because her "response" doesn't make that connection explicit). I'd have to ask her if she means that a higher life expectancy would result in the saving of 5,000 lives each year (because her "response" also doesn't make that connection explicit). In other words, we have to add our own additional "gloss" to answer choice D in order to make that answer truly clarify what she said. Whereas with answer choice B, we don't need any information beyond what the answer choice itself says to find the clarification. Answer choice B directly addresses what Leona means by the phrase "5,000 lives might be saved each year."

I hope this helps!

Jeremy