The following was written as a part of an application for a small-business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.
"A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away; thus, the proposed new jazz club in Monroe, the C-Note, would have the local market all to itself. Plus, jazz is extremely popular in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer; several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe; and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz Nightly,' which airs every weeknight at 7 P.M. Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
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The developers' claim that a jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away; thus, the proposed new jazz club in Monroe, the C-Note, would have the local market all to itself. contains several logical flaws, and lends little credibility. Rather than relying solely on groundless reasoning, the reporter needs to consider the following points before making a final conclusion.
First and foremost, the whole reasoning of the report is based upon an assumption that the jazz fun's population in Monroe will remain stable, and the number of people participating Monroe's annual jazz festival. Let us think about a situation where the population of the Monroe is decreasing each year by 0.8 fold. Despite the fact that ,
