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Inspector: There have been three collisions at this junction in the past year. A signal should be installed here. Ward member: All three happened after dark, at the same spot, where the street lamp has not worked for two years. Let the lamp be repaired first and let us see whether the collisions stop. Their disagreement is best described as being about:

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  • Awhether three collisions took place at the junction in the past year
  • Bwhether collisions at the junction call for any response at all
  • Cwhether the collisions are better met by installing a signal or by restoring the light at the spot where they occurred
  • Dwhether street lamps in the town are repaired promptly

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The ward member repeats the inspector's three collisions and then adds a pattern in them, so the count is agreed and both plainly want something done. What divides them is which measure the pattern points to. The broader question of how promptly the town repairs its lamps is never raised by either speaker.
Answer: C) whether the collisions are better met by installing a signal or by restoring the light at the spot where they occurred

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