Logical Reasoning

PT113 · S3 · Q17 Because addictive drugs are physically harmful

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Because addictive drugs are physically harmful, their use by athletes is never justified.

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.

17.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage above?

  1. Correct

    The fact that something is

    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.

    89% picked this

  2. There is nothing unnatural about

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. The use of addictive drugs

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Some of the unnecessary deaths

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. The use of addictive drugs

    Trap

    2% picked this

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