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75. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a Batavia newspaper. The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. During this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from $1.50 to over $3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of milk, the Batavia government should begin to regulate retail milk prices. Such regulation is necessary to ensure fair prices for consumers. Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation. This letter is intended to point out a number of questions in Batavia’s milk price, but in itself exist the same number of questions unanswered. Because profits from milk sales are excessive given the apparently adequate supply, the speaker recommends that Batavia’s government should regulate milk prices, predicting that price regulation would help ensure a sufficientadequate supply of milk. The cited facts of increasing number of dairy farms and increasing prices of milk at local market have failed to guarantee/warrant/ensure the predicted result. Milk prices at Excello Food Market are assumed to reflect/indicate/demonstrate/stand for/account for/ represent/show/showcase those throughout Batavia. However, the author provides no evidence that this is the case/it is true/it makes sense. To the extent that/If/When/As long as/In case that Excello’s milk prices currently exceed nationwide averages, the author’s argument for government regulation of milk prices would be undermined/weakened. Even if Excello’s milk prices reflect those in Batavia generally, in claiming that/when claiming milk prices are particu