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Consider this argument. The bus depot should not move its repair shed to the new yard at the town's edge. A bus that fails in the town centre would then have to be towed nine kilometres instead of two. The depot's fitters live in the streets around the present shed, and most of them say they would leave rather than travel to the edge of town. The land under the present shed is not wanted for anything else. Which of the following states the conclusion of the argument?

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  • AA bus that fails in the town centre would have to be towed nine kilometres to reach the new yard
  • BMost of the depot's fitters would leave rather than travel to the edge of town each day
  • CThe land occupied by the present repair shed is not wanted for any other purpose
  • DThe depot should not move its repair shed to the new yard

Step-by-Step Solution

The recommendation stands at the head of the passage rather than at its end, and everything after it — the longer tow, the fitters who would leave, the land nobody else wants — is offered as a reason for accepting it. A claim that the rest of the passage exists to support is the conclusion, whatever its position in the paragraph. The other three options are the supporting reasons themselves.
Answer: D) The depot should not move its repair shed to the new yard

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