Question

Statement: "Whenever a company’s activities reduce the quality of life for nearby homeowners, the company should be legally required to pay each homeowner a fee to fairly compensate for the reduction in that home is financial value resulting from those activities." Proposed Assumption: Unless legally required to do so, no company will pay compensation for reductions in the values of nearby homes caused by the company’s activities.1. assumption made2. assumption not made

Answer 1

2) assumption not made

Step-by-step explanation:

The original statement does not include any assumption about what the companies are doing about this issue, it just proposes an idea of fair compensation.

maybe whoever wrote this statement believes that very few companies or none at all actually compensate homeowners for a reduction in the market value of their properties, but it doesn't state it. It is also possible that the statement assumes that companies are paying some compensations or were paying some compensations but are not willing to continue to do it since no legislation forces them to do so. The author's position is vague and not clear with respect to what the companies are currently doing.