Logical Reasoning

PT117 · S3 · Q16 Retailers that excel in neither

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Retailers that excel in neither convenience nor variety of merchandise tend not to be very successful.

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.

16.

The structure of the reasoning in the argument above is most parallel to that in which one of the following?

  1. Correct

    Runners who have only average

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    73% picked this

  2. Bicyclists who have only average

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Excellence in a particular swimming

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Apples that are neither especially

    Trap

    22% picked this

  5. Most plants that are neither

    Trap

    3% picked this

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