Logical Reasoning

PT104 · S4 · Q1 Politician: Governments should

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Politician: Governments should tax any harmful substance that is available to the general public at a level that the tax would discourage continued use of the substance.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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Which one of the following is an application of the politician's principle of taxation?

  1. The tax on products containing

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. The tax on certain pain

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    The tax on a pesticide

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    95% picked this

  4. The tax on domestically produced

    Trap

    0% picked this

  5. The tax on products that

    Trap

    1% picked this

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