Charles: During recessions unemployment typically rises

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Stimulus

Charles: During recessions unemployment typically rises. Thus, during a recession air pollution due to automobile exhaust decreases, since fewer people commute in cars to jobs and the air are used less.

Darla: Why think that air pollution would decrease? During a recession fewer people can afford to buy new cars, and cars tend as they get older.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question

13.

Which one of the following most accurately describes how Darla’s response is related

Answer choices

Trap4% picked this
It calls into question the truth of the premises that Charles uses to
4%
Trap4% picked this
It makes an additional claim that can be true only if Charles’s
4%
Correct83% picked this
It presents an additional consideration that weakens the support given to Charles’s conclusion
Why this is right
Answer C is correct.
Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
83%
Trap3% picked this
It argues that Charles’s conclusion is true, although not for the reasons Charles gives to
3%
Trap6% picked this
It presents an argument showing that the premises in Charles’ s argument support an absurd conclusion
6%

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