Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT122 S2 Q16 Explanation

Most successful entrepreneurs work at least

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TopicsMust be False

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Stimulus

Most successful entrepreneurs work at least 18 hours a day, and no one who works at least 18 hours a day has time for leisure activities. time for leisure activities.

What this question is testing

Must be False

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
16.

If the statements above are true, each of the following could be

Answer choices

  1. Compatible18% picked this

    Anyone who has no time for leisure activities works at least 18

    This goes from the 2nd idea backwards to the 1st idea. Work at → No time for → Not happy least 18hrs Leisure entrepreneurs That's not a legal inference, but it's not contradicting this chain. To contradict a conditional, you need a case where "Left side is true, Right side is false".

  2. Compatible2% picked this

    Some entrepreneurs who work at least 18 hours a day

    This doesn't contradict our conditional chain (because successful isn't even part of that). Work at → No time for → Not happy least 18hrs Leisure entrepreneurs And it doesn't contradict either of our Most inferences: - Most Successful have no leisure time - Most Successful are not happy

  3. Compatible9% picked this

    Some happy entrepreneurs are

    This doesn't contradict our conditional chain (because successful isn't even part of that). Work at → No time for → Not happy least 18hrs Leisure entrepreneurs And it doesn't contradict either of our Most inferences: - Most Successful have no leisure time - Most Successful are not happy

  4. Correct67% picked this

    Some entrepreneurs who work at least 18 hours a day

    Why this is right

    This contradicts our conditional chain. Work at → No time for → Not happy least 18hrs Leisure entrepreneurs The left side is true (they work at least 18), and the right side is false (they are happy).

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

  5. Compatible4% picked this

    Some successful entrepreneurs work less than 18 hours

    This doesn't contradict our conditional chain (because successful isn't even part of that). Work at → No time for → Not happy least 18hrs Leisure entrepreneurs And it doesn't contradict either of our Most inferences: - Most Successful have no leisure time - Most Successful are not happy

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