Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT12 S4 Q3 Explanation

Insectivorous plans, which unlike other plants

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Stimulus

Insectivorous plants, which unlike other plants have the ability to trap and digest insects, can thrive in soils that are too poor in minerals to support noninsectivorous plants. Yet the mineral requirements of insectivorous the mineral requirements of noninsectivorous plants.

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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.

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The question
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The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    The insects that insectivorous plants trap and digest are especially abundant where the soil is

  2. Trap0% picked this

    Insectivorous plants thrive only in soils that are too poor in minerals to

  3. Trap4% picked this

    The types of minerals required by noninsectivorous plants are more likely than are the types of minerals required by insectivorous plants to be

  4. Trap10% picked this

    The number of different environments in which insectivorous plants thrive is greater than the number of different environments

  5. Correct83% picked this

    Insectivorous plants can get some of the minerals they require from the insects they

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    Answer E is correct.

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