Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT101 S3 Q2 Explanation

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A free, expert breakdown of this official LSAT Logical Reasoning question.

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Stimulus

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What this question is testing

Flaw

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.

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The question
2.

The Dewyfresh advertisement exhibits which one of the following errors

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    It treats something that is necessary for bringing about a state of affairs as something that is sufficient to bring

  2. Trap4% picked this

    It treats the fact that two things regularly occur together as proof that there is a single thing that its

  3. Trap1% picked this

    It overlooks the fact that changing what people think is the case does not necessarily change

  4. Trap1% picked this

    It relies on the ambiguity of the term “infusion, ” which can designate either a process or the

  5. Correct92% picked this

    It relies on an analogy between two things that are insufficiently alike in the respects in which they would have to be alike

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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