Logical Reasoning

PT1 · S4 · Q16 Professor: If both parents have type O

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Professor: If both parents have type O blood then their children can only have type O blood.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

16.

The student has most likely misinterpreted the professor’s remark to imply that

  1. Correct

    Only people with type O

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    81% picked this

  2. People with type O blood

    Trap

    9% picked this

  3. People with type B blood

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. What is true of one

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. If both parents have type

    Trap

    5% picked this

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