Logical Reasoning

PT12 · S4 · Q16 Chlorofluorocarbons are the best possible solvents

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Chlorofluorocarbons are the best possible solvents to have in car engines for cleaning the electronic sensors in modern automobile ignition systems.

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.

If under the circumstances described above cars continue to meet emission standards, which one of the following is the most strongly supported inference?

  1. As emission standards become more

    Trap

    3% picked this

  2. Car engines will be radically

    Trap

    11% picked this

  3. There will be a marked

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. The solvents developed to replace

    Trap

    11% picked this

  5. Correct

    Something other than the cleansers

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    73% picked this

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