Logical Reasoning

PT12 · S4 · Q22 A long-term health study that followed

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A long-term health study that followed a group of people who were age 35 in 1950 found that those whose weight increased by approximately half a kilogram or one pound per year after the age of 35 tended, on the whole, to live longer than those who maintained the weight they had at age 35.

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.

22.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparently conflicting findings?

  1. As people age, muscle and

    Trap

    30% picked this

  2. Individuals who reduce their cholesterol

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Correct

    Smokers, who tend to be

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    54% picked this

  4. The normal deterioration of the

    Trap

    7% picked this

  5. Diets that tend to lead

    Trap

    6% picked this

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