[Solved] Statement: "The school should provide free tablets to students to ensure internet access at home."Assumptions:1️⃣ Tablets will necessarily improve learning outcomes.... | Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability - Statement & Assumption

Statement: "The school should provide free tablets to students to ensure internet access at home."
Assumptions:
1️⃣ Tablets will necessarily improve learning outcomes.
2️⃣ The school (or its funders) can secure and distribute enough tablets to cover students lacking access.
Which assumption(s) is/are implicit?

AOnly 2

BBoth 1 and 2

COnly 1

DNeither 1 nor 2

Step-by-Step Solution

Step 1: Note the stated purpose
The statement’s purpose is explicit: provide tablets to ensure internet access at home (focus on access, not guaranteed learning improvement).
Step 2: Test Assumption 1
While tablets can help, the statement does not claim they will necessarily improve learning outcomes (many other factors affect learning) — improvement is not implicitly guaranteed.
Step 3: Test Assumption 2
The proposal presumes the school/funders can obtain and distribute sufficient devices — this logistical/cost assumption is required and therefore implicit.
Final Answer:
Only 2 is implicit. → Option A
Quick Check:
Access-focused proposals assume supply/distribution capacity; learning gains are desirable but not automatically assumed ✅

Quick Trick: Distinguish access (implicit) from guaranteed outcomes (not necessarily implicit).

Common Mistakes:

Assuming capacity to deliver equals guaranteed improvement.

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