Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT107 S4 Q16 Explanation

Franklin: It is inconsistent to

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Stimulus

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

Tomeka: What you’ve neglected to consider is that unlike Nobel laureates, sports celebrities earn millions of dollars for their employers in receipts and TV rights.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
16.

Franklin’s and Tomeka’s statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about the truth of which

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Nobel laureates should be taken more

  2. Trap8% picked this

    Nobel laureates should be paid more than

  3. Trap5% picked this

    Sports celebrities and Nobel laureates work equally hard for

  4. Correct85% picked this

    There is no rational basis for the salary difference between sports celebrities

    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.

  5. Trap1% picked this

    The social contributions made by sports celebrities should be greater than

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