B vs. D

Started by Jasmin1 · started 2021-07-17 22:26 · last activity 2022-08-02 18:47 · 2 replies

Can someone go over the conditionals in the stimulus and in answer choices B & D. I think I understand how D is correct but I'm not sure about B

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  1. Krystina · 2022-08-02 18:41

    Stimulus: insert dollar -MOST- squeaky sound squeaky sound --> outlet turned on Conclusion: all the time -MOST- outlet turned on This is a flawed argument because the author is assuming the outlet is plugged in most of the time. Which is a much larger or broader amount of time then what the premise says which is when she inserts a dollar. The correct conclusion would be: insert dollar -MOST- outlet plugged in B) people who have read -SOME- found disturbing lack vivid imagination --> not disturbing OR disturbing --> vivid imagination Conclusion: people who have read -SOME- vivid imagination Answer B is incorrect because the language does not match the stimulus. The stimulus uses "MOST" and answer choice B uses "SOME". Secondly, its valid/ perfect and doesn't have a flaw. I suppose you could first eliminate answer choices that don't match the language and then tune into which answer has the same flaw. I'm not a tutor and just studying as well.
  2. Krystina · 2022-08-02 18:47

    D) people who have read -MOST- found disturbing not vivid imagination --> not disturbing OR disturbing --> vivid imagination Conclusion: all people -MOST- vivid imagination This answer choice uses the correct language, "MOST". It also presents the same flaw because the conclusion uses a much larger or broader group in the conclusion. Instead of "people who have read" it uses "people" or as I interpret it, "all people".

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