Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT113 S2 Q12 Explanation

Rosen: One cannot prepare a good meal

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

Rosen: One cannot prepare a good meal from bad food, produce good food from bad soil, maintain good soil without good farming, or have good farming without a culture that places value on the proper so that needed supplies are always available.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
12.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from

Answer choices

  1. Correct73% picked this

    The creation of good meals depends on both natural and

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap6% picked this

    Natural resources cannot be maintained properly without good

  3. Trap12% picked this

    Good soil is a prerequisite of

  4. Trap1% picked this

    Any society with good cultural values will have a

  5. Trap7% picked this

    When food is bad, it is because of poor soil and, ultimately,

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