Joanna: The only way for a company to be successful, after emerging from bankruptcy, is to produce the same goods or services that it did before going bankrupt. It is futile to learn a whole new business.
Ruth: Wrong. The Kelton Company was a major mining operation that went into bankruptcy. On emerging from bankruptcy, Kelton turned its mines into landfills highly successful waste-management concern.
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Your task
Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.
Common trap
Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.
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Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.
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