Logical Reasoning

PT116 · S2 · Q5 Shipping Coordinator: If we send

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Shipping Coordinator: If we send your shipment by air express, it will arrive tomorrow morning.

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.

5.

The customer's response can best be explained on the assumption that she has misinterpreted the shipping coordinator to mean which one of the following?

  1. Ground carrier is as reliable

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. If the shipment is sent

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Ground carrier is not more

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. Correct

    Unless the shipment is sent

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    94% picked this

  5. The greater the shipping cost,

    Trap

    4% picked this

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