Trustee: The recent exhibit at the art museum was extensively covered by the local media, and this coverage seems to have contributed to the record-breaking attendance it drew. If the attendance at the exhibit had been low, the museum would have gone bankrupt and closed permanently, so the museum could not have remained open had it not been for the coverage from the local media.
Question: The reasoning in the trustee's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
Options:
A. confuses a necessary condition for the museum's remaining open with a sufficient condition for the museum's remaining open
B. takes for granted that no previous exhibit at the museum had received such extensive media coverage
C. takes for granted that most people who read articles about the exhibit also attended the exhibit
D. fails to address the possibility that the exhibit would have drawn enough visitors to prevent bankruptcy even without media coverage
E. presupposes the very conclusion that it is trying to prove
Answer: D