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Consider this argument. The community hall's evening rate ought to be reduced. The hall stands empty on five evenings in an average week, and an empty hall earns nothing while still costing the trust its watchman and its electricity. Enquiries from local groups fall away as soon as the present rate is quoted. A lower rate that filled even three of those evenings would bring the trust more than the present rate brings in now. Which of the following is the conclusion of the argument?

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  • AThe hall stands empty on five evenings in an average week
  • BThe rate charged for the community hall in the evening ought to be reduced
  • CAn empty hall still costs the trust its watchman and its electricity
  • DLocal groups stop enquiring once the present rate is quoted to them

Step-by-Step Solution

The opening sentence recommends a change and the three sentences after it explain why the change would pay: idle evenings, a cost that runs whether or not the hall is used, enquiries lost to the price, and a larger total at the lower rate. Those are the grounds; the recommendation they are marshalled behind is the conclusion, even though it was announced before them.
Answer: B) The rate charged for the community hall in the evening ought to be reduced

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