Politician: Tourists Don't Visit our City because of its Reputation of High Crime.

Question: Politician: Tourists don't visit our city because of its reputation of high crime. This reputation is ridiculous. Our city is clearly safe since we have more police officers per resident than any other large city.

The politician’s claim of safety depends on which one of the following assumptions?

1. Tourists rarely travel to cities that have reputations of high crime.
2. The city also has a large emergency services force, with excellent firefighters and paramedics.
3. Cities with large police forces inevitably have low crime rates.
4. The chamber of commerce is planning on advertising campaign promoting the city’s safety.
5. The police union and police chief both recommend hiring more police officers.

Answer: C
Explanation: This is a GMAT critical reasoning question. We have to find the option that can be an assumption on which the politician’s claim of safety depends.

Let’s go through each of the available options and choose the one that is the most suitable.

Option A: Tourists rarely travel to cities that have reputations of high crime.
Option A states that the tourists don’t travel much to the cities that have reputations of high crime-related activities. The conclusion of the above argument in the passage is that the police officials claim that the city is safe. The information provided in this statement is clearly mentioned in the passage as the argument says that tourists don’t visit because of its reputation for high crime. Since this is mentioned in the passage, it can not be an assumption. So, Option A is incorrect.

Option B: The city also has a large emergency services force, with excellent firefighters and paramedics.
According to Option B, the city has large emergency services forces and excellent firefighters and paramedics. This statement is not relevant to the argument presented in the passage because it nowhere mentions the large emergency services force. So, Option B s incorrect.

Option C: Cities with large police forces inevitably have low crime rates.
Option C states that those cities that have large police forces are less prone to crime and have a low crime rate. This statement can be correct because it clearly relates to the conclusion made by the politician. The conclusion says that the city is safe because it has a large police force and the argument will hold true if it is assumed that the cities with large police forces have low crime rates. So, Option C is correct.

Option D: The chamber of commerce is planning an advertising campaign promoting the city’s safety.
Option D states that the chamber of commerce is planning to start an advertisement campaign to promote the city’s safety. This statement is totally out of scope. The argument nowhere mentions advertisements or the chamber of commerce. This is irrelevant to the conclusion presented by the politician. So, Option D is incorrect.

Option E: The police union and police chief both recommend hiring more police officers.
According to Option E, the police union and police chief both say that the city should hire more police officers. The statement clearly contradicts the conclusion that says that the city is safe because it has a large police force. Since the statement is in contradiction to the conclusion presented by the politician, Option E is incorrect.

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