Logical Reasoning

PT11 · S4 · Q20 If the majority of the residents

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If the majority of the residents of the apartment complex complain that their apartments are infested with ants, then the management of the complex will have to engage the services of an exterminator.

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.

20.

Which one of the following arguments contains a flawed pattern of reasoning parallel to that contained in the argument above?

  1. A theater will be constructed

    Trap

    3% picked this

  2. The number of flights operated

    Trap

    12% picked this

  3. In order for the company

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    Most employees will attend the

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    77% picked this

  5. Either the school’s principal or

    Trap

    5% picked this

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