The following appeared in a letter from the owner of the Sunnyside Towers apartment complex to its manager."One month ago, all the showerheads in the first three buildings of the Sunnyside Towers complex were modified to restrict maximum water flow to one

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The following appeared in a letter from the owner of the Sunnyside Towers apartment complex to its manager.

"One month ago, all the showerheads in the first three buildings of the Sunnyside Towers complex were modified to restrict maximum water flow to one-third of what it used to be. Although actual readings of water usage before and after the adjustment are not yet available, the change will obviously result in a considerable savings for Sunnyside Corporation, since the corporation must pay for water each month. Except for a few complaints about low water pressure, no problems with showers have been reported since the adjustment. I predict that modifying showerheads to restrict water flow throughout all twelve buildings in the Sunnyside Towers complex will increase our profits even more dramatically."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.

The argument makes a number of unwarranted assumptions regarding reducing pressure of the showers will increase the profits of the Sunnyside Towers complex dramatically. Taken as a whole, these unstated assumptions render the argument highly suspect. If these unstated assumptions does not hold true, then the argument totally falls apart.

The argument states that all the showerheads in the first three buildings of the Sunnyside Towers complex were modified to restrict the usage to one-third of what it used to be. But, doing this will not ensure that the usage of the water will be reduced co...

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