Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT105 S4 Q1 Explanation

Shortly after Isaac Newton circulated

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Stimulus

Shortly after Isaac Newton circulated some of his theories of light in 1672, his colleague Robert Hooke claimed that most of those theories were based on Hooke's own work. A modern reader might interpret Newton's famous comment, "if I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants, "as day such allusions to "giants" typically referred to the ancient Greeks, not to contemporary scientists.

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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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The question
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The statements in the passage, if true, most strongly support which one

Answer choices

  1. Correct89% picked this

    Newton did not intend the quoted comment to be an acknowledgment that his theories of light were

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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  2. Trap2% picked this

    Newton did not take credit for any advances that Hooke made in the

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Newton did not believe that any of Hooke's theories of light were based on those

  4. Trap4% picked this

    Newton intended to credit some contemporary scientists other than Hooke for some of the advances that Newton made

  5. Trap3% picked this

    Newton was not familiar with Hooke's work on the theory

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