Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT112 S3 Q1 Explanation

Scientists agree that ingesting lead

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

Scientists agree that ingesting lead harms young children. More lead paint remains in older apartment buildings than newer ones because the use of lead paint was common until only two decades ago. Yet these same scientists also agree that laws requiring the removal of lead paint from of lead that children living in older apartment buildings ingest.

What this question is testing

Paradox

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
1.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    Lead-free paints contain substances that make them as harmful to children as

  2. Trap0% picked this

    The money required to finance the removal of lead paint from apartment walls could be spent in ways more likely to

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Other sources of lead in older apartment buildings are responsible for most of the lead that children living

  4. Correct97% picked this

    Removing lead paint from walls disperses a great deal of lead dust, which is more easily ingested by children

    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.

  5. Trap0% picked this

    Many other environmental hazards pose greater threats to the health of children than

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