jaituteja wrote:
I could not get why is B the answer...
Michelangelo could have started the painting in 1507, but completed the same b/w 1507 and 1509.
As you stated , "We cannot say whether he completed it during this time.
He could have painted it over many years which would include the time frame of 1507 - 1509. When we say that he completed it before 1509, we are assuming that he did the painting in a matter of a few weeks or months, not over many years. "
Maybe he did the majority of painting b/w 1500 to 1506..=> that can be considered...
and the remaining part of painting was completed b/w 1507 and 1509.
Several years of work on painting(1500-1506), still lies in the argument.
He just completed it b/w 1507 and 1509.
Michelangelo could have started the painting in 1507, but completed the same b/w 1507 and 1509.
As you stated , "We cannot say whether he completed it during this time.
He could have painted it over many years which would include the time frame of 1507 - 1509. When we say that he completed it before 1509, we are assuming that he did the painting in a matter of a few weeks or months, not over many years. "
Maybe he did the majority of painting b/w 1500 to 1506..=> that can be considered...
and the remaining part of painting was completed b/w 1507 and 1509.
Several years of work on painting(1500-1506), still lies in the argument.
He just completed it b/w 1507 and 1509.
That's exactly why B is the answer!
What you say here:
"Maybe he did the majority of painting b/w 1500 to 1506..=> that can be considered...
and the remaining part of painting was completed b/w 1507 and 1509."
is correct. Maybe he did all the painting (with his pigment) except the coin between those years, and then just finished between 1507 and 1509.
That's why the assumption, hence something necessary for the argument to be valid, must be B) Michelangelo did not work on the painting over the course of several years. ; so you exclude that possibility and the argument holds true.