Logical Reasoning

PT118 · S4 · Q3 Nylon industry spokesperson: Even though

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Nylon industry spokesperson: Even though cotton and nylon are used for similar purposes, some people have the mistaken notion that cotton is natural but nylon is not.

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.

3.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the nylon industry spokesperson's reasoning?

  1. A substance is unnatural only

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  2. A substance is no less

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  3. A substance is no more

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  4. One substance can be more

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  5. Correct

    A substance is natural if

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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