Logical Reasoning

PT108 · S3 · Q10 Many people joke about Friday

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Many people joke about Friday the thirteenth being an unlucky day, but a study showed that in one year approximately 17 percent of people scheduled to fly canceled or did not show up for their flights on Friday the thirteenth—a rate higher than that on any other day and date in that year.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.

Winning move

Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.

10.

Which one of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

  1. People who fly tend to

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Surveys show that less than

    Trap

    7% picked this

  3. Correct

    Weather conditions at several major

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    89% picked this

  4. In the year of the

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. The absentee rate among airline

    Trap

    1% picked this

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