Locating Assumptions. Decide whether the person making the statement is making that assumption. Write A if the assumption is being made, and write B if the assumption is not necessarily taken for granted.
El Sobrante is the place to live-it has the lowest crime rate.
-The majority of the residents of El Sobrante are content with the present city government.
A) assumption is being made
B) assumption is not necessarily

Question

Locating Assumptions. Decide whether the person making the statement is making that assumption. Write A if the assumption is being made, and write B if the assumption is not necessarily taken for granted. 
El Sobrante is the place to live-it has the lowest crime rate.
-The majority of the residents of El Sobrante are content with the present city government.
A) assumption is being made
B) assumption is not necessarily

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The statement focuses on the low crime rate as the reason El Sobrante is a great place to live, not on residents' contentment with the city government, so the assumption about residents' contentment with the government is not necessarily made.