Which of the following, if True, would weaken the argument for the company's exercise policy?
A) The company has set up an arrangement with a local gym to provide facilities for exercising.
B) The policy is not designed to increase the amount of time that the workers' families will spend exercising.
C) Many of the workers who exercise more because of the policy would return to their previous levels of exercise if they left the company.
D) Different people require different kinds of exercise in order to get the benefits of exercise.
E) The workers who are most in need of additional exercise are least likely to participate in the exercise program.

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E) Exercise helps, but if the people who need help the most are least likely to exercise (Choice E), then this voluntary program would not be likely to reach those people. The program could still be valuable, but Choice E makes it sound less valuable. Choice A: Facilities at a local gym are a reasonable option, so there's nothing in Choice A that makes the plan sound worse. Choice B is not a problem because the program isn't designed to get the families exercising, and failing to do so isn't a flaw in the policy. This is about the workers, not everyone. Choice C doesn't matter, because the company has no duty to ensure that ex-employees get enough exercise. But if anything, Choice C would be a strengthener because it suggests that the policy will be effective in getting people to exercise. Choice D would be a problem if the exercise offered was the same for everyone, but there is no reason to believe that this is so.

Which of the Following, If True, Would Weaken the Argument