Question

read the passage.
neighborhood pool
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a neighborhood of homes and apartment buildings surrounds a large park filled with beautiful hundred - year - old oak trees. a neighborhood group called parents for healthy families (pfhf) decides that it would be a good idea to build a swimming pool in the park. even though construction crews would need to cut down many old trees to make space for the pool and its parking lot, the pool would give families an opportunity for exercise and play. money for the project would come from a special tax on residents.
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park officials agree to let the neighborhood vote on the swimming pool during the upcoming local election. in the meantime, pfhf conducts a survey, asking residents this question: “yes or no—if someone donated the money for the construction, would you want a swimming pool built in the park?” of the residents surveyed, 80 percent respond yes and 20 percent respond no.
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pfhf then puts up signs around the neighborhood that say:
survey proves
4 out of 5 residents want
which omission in the sign is the most misleading?

1. the sign fails to explain that old trees would have to be cut down.
2. the sign fails to indicate how many residents responded to the survey.
3. the sign fails to mention how swimming can provide healthy exercise for families.
4. the sign fails to reveal that the survey said the project would be paid for with a donation.

Explanation:

The sign's survey question had a condition (donation for construction) that's omitted, making the survey result misleading as the actual project is funded by a tax, not donation. Option 4 reveals this key omission that misrepresents the survey's context. Other options: 1 is about tree cutting (not directly misleading the survey result), 2 is about sample size (less misleading than the false premise in the survey question), 3 is about a positive aspect already implied.

Answer:

1. The sign fails to reveal that the survey said the project would be paid for with a donation.