Statement: 'Please switch off your mobile phones during the meeting' — a notice at the entrance of a conference hall. Assumptions: I. Mobile phones may cause disturbance during the meeting. II. People generally carry mobile phones with them. Which assumption is implicit?

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Both I and II are implicit. The notice makes sense only if phones can disturb the meeting and if people carry phones, so both assumptions are implicit.

Statement: 'Please switch off your mobile phones during the meeting' — a notice at the entrance of a conference hall. Assumptions: I. Mobile phones may cause disturbance during the meeting.
II. People generally carry mobile phones with them. Which assumption is implicit?

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Statement: 'Please switch off your mobile phones during the meeting' — a notice at the entrance of a conference hall. Assumptions: I. Mobile phones may cause disturbance during the meeting.II. People generally carry mobile phones with them. Which assumption is implicit?

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Master this topic in 30 minutes a day.

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Statement: 'Please switch off your mobile phones during the meeting' — a notice at the entrance of a conference hall. Assumptions: I. Mobile phones may cause disturbance during the meeting.
II. People generally carry mobile phones with them. Which assumption is implicit?