hard · GMAT Verbal Reasoning
Analyst: Some argue statins should be prescribed to all adults over fifty. **In low-risk patients, statins prevent very few heart attacks while exposing many to side effects.** Proponents reply that the drugs are cheap. But cost is not the only burden. **Therefore blanket prescription to low-risk adults is unwarranted.**
In the argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
- The first is the position the analyst opposes; the second is a concession the analyst makes to that position.
- The first is a consideration the analyst uses to support the conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
- The first is the main conclusion; the second is a restatement offered for emphasis.
- The first is an objection proponents raise; the second rebuts that objection.
- Both are premises that jointly establish the proponents' recommendation.
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