Logical Reasoning

PT107 · S4 · Q16 Franklin: It is inconsistent to

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Franklin: It is inconsistent to pay sports celebrities ten times what Nobel laureates are paid.

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.

16.

Franklin's and Tomeka's statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about the truth of which one of the following?

  1. Nobel laureates should be taken

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Nobel laureates should be paid

    Trap

    7% picked this

  3. Sports celebrities and Nobel laureates

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    5% picked this

  4. Correct

    There is no rational basis

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    86% picked this

  5. The social contributions made by

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