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Help me understand this CR questions!!!
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been investigating the treatment of women in a major financial services firm since a former executive alleged that she had been underpaid, excluded from outings with clients, and denied promotion because of her gender. If the commission sues the firm, it would be a rare case of the federal government’s taking up the cause of a highly compensated professional in a workplace dispute.

It can be inferred that the commission views the alleged treatment of the former executive as:
A. possibly representative of a general pattern
B. clearly showing the need for legal reform
C. indicative of declining business ethics
D. posing a sensitive political dilemma
E. likely to prove difficult to verify

The answer is A but I don’t understand why. Please help me!

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@thaohuong -

Because the first sentence includes the plural noun “women.” One woman complained of sexist treatment, and now the EEOC is investigating the firm’s treatment of women plural.

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I agree with Marvin. Also, none of the other choices could possibly be correct so you could arrive at A by playing devil’s advocate.

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Some students are tempted by (B), but an investigation of a company is NOT the same as “legal reform,” which means changing the laws.