Logical Reasoning

PT122 · S2 · Q15 The greater the number of people

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The greater the number of people who regularly use a product, the greater the number whose health is potentially at risk due to that product.

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.

15.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify drawing the conclusion in the argument above?

  1. Whether or not it is

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. It is very important for

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. Correct

    The more people whose health

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    85% picked this

  4. If one type of medicine

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. It is generally more important

    Trap

    3% picked this

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