During the incumbent president's term of office he succeeded in limiting annual increases in the defense budget by an average of 5 percent. His predecessors experienced annual increases of 8 percent. Therefore, the incumbent president should be given credit for the downturn in defense outlays.
Which of the following statements, if true would most seriously weaken the above conclusion ?
Contrary to charges made by opponents of the new trade bill, the bill's provisions for taking action against foreign countries that place barriers against American exports, is justified. Opponents should take not that restrictive trade legislation in the 1930s succeeded in improving the U.S. trade balance even though economists were against it.
The author's method of rebutting opponents of the new trade bill is to
The average monthly salary of a staff of 9 persons is Rs. 2450. One number of the staff whose monthly salary is Rs. 2650 is transferred. Find the average salary of the remaining 8 persons of the staff.
In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If the attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly, is:
