Question #1538

Wording

Started by Emmaklively · started 2021-06-21 20:13 · last activity 2023-08-17 14:32 · 2 replies

I was confused because it says that the testing was done on a standard machine but then the answer choice involved a human population.

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  1. Shula · 2023-08-17 03:33

    ^^Yes! I'm also confused by the "standard machine" part. Why is answer E correct? The premises didn't mention humans at all. Could someone please explain? Thank you!

  2. Emil-Kunkin · 2023-08-17 14:32

    Hi, the passage is about whether smoking cigs can cause heart disease. While a machine was used to test the content and composition of cigarettes, a machine is highly unlikely to be actually smoking a pack of cigs, and unless my understanding of biology and machines is deeply flawed, machines don't get heart disease.

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