Logical Reasoning

PT114 · S1 · Q8 Pundit: The only airline providing

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Pundit: The only airline providing service for our town announced that because the service is unprofitable it will discontinue this service next year.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

8.

The pundit's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it presumes, without providing justification, that

  1. increasing the number of tickets

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. suspending service and losing money

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. the town officials paid for

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. ground transportation is usually no

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. Correct

    if the town officials did

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    95% picked this

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