Logical Reasoning

PT11 · S4 · Q1 Megatrash Co., the country’s largest waste-disposal

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Megatrash Co., the country’s largest waste-disposal company, has been sued by environmental groups who have accused the firm of negligent handling of hazardous waste.

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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Which one of the following, if true, does the most to resolve the apparent paradox?

  1. Although waste-disposal firms merely handle

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Megatrash has made substantial contributions

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Some of the judgments against

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Correct

    The example of Megatrash’s legal

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    97% picked this

  5. In cases in which Megatrash

    Trap

    1% picked this

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