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The following appeared in a memo from the owner of GreenThumb Gardening Center, a small business serving a suburbantown.

"There is evidence that consumers are becoming more andmore interested in growing their own vegetables. A nationalsurvey(1) conducted last month indicated that manyconsumers(3) were dissatisfied with the quality of fresh

vegetables available in supermarkets. And locally, the gardeningmagazine Great Gardens has sold out at the Village Newsstand(6) three months in a row(4,5). Thus, we at Green ThumbGardening Center can increase our profits by greatly expandingthe variety of vegetable seeds we stock for gardeners(2) thiscoming spring(7)."

(1)The argument depends on a dubious assumption that thenational levels of satisfaction with store-bought groceries couldreflects the level of a certain area.

(2)The argument falsely assumes that consumers who aredissatisfied with store-bought groceries are likely to grow theirown vegetables instead.

(3)The arguer fails to provide any information about whatfraction of consumers buy their vegetables from supermarkets.

(4)The arguer fails to convince us that the gardeningmagazine Great Gardens is indeed popular among residents.

(5)We do not know the content and circulation of themagazine, thus the fact that the magazine has sold out threemonths in a row does not necessarily indicate that people in this

area are interested in planting vegetables themselves.

(6)The situation at one certain news stand does not provethat people in this area are interested in gardening.

(7)The arguer fails to consider the possible cost of theproposed action.