Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT123 S3 Q22 Explanation

If the price it pays for coffee beans

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

If the price it pays for coffee beans continues to increase, the Coffee Shoppe will have to increase its prices. In that case, either the Coffee Shoppe will begin selling noncoffee products or its coffee sales will decrease. But selling noncoffee products will decrease the Coffee Shoppe’s overall profitability. overall profitability only if its coffee sales do not decrease.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
22.

Which one of the following statements follows logically from the

Answer choices

  1. Reversal7% picked this

    If the Coffee Shoppe’s overall profitability decreases, the price it pays for coffee beans will

    This reverses the inference that can be made from the four given statements.

  2. Reversal25% picked this

    If the Coffee Shoppe’s overall profitability decreases, either it will have begun selling noncoffee products or its coffee

    This reverses the PROF? ? SNP or CS? third statement.

  3. Correct62% picked this

    The Coffee Shoppe’s overall profitability will decrease if the price it pays for coffee beans

    Why this is right

    This can be inferred PP? ? PRI? from all four PRI? ? SNP or CS? statements. SNP ? PROF? CS? ? PROF? ---------------------- PP? ? PROF?

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

  4. Unsupported Relationship4% picked this

    The price it pays for coffee beans cannot decrease without the Coffee Shoppe’s overall

    While the first statement PP? ? PROF? discusses the price the Coffee Shoppe pays for coffee beans going up, this answer is about the price going down.

  5. Negation3% picked this

    Either the price it pays for coffee beans will continue to increase or the Coffee Shoppe’s

    While the first statement ~PP? ? CS? discusses the price the Coffee Shoppe pays for coffee beans going up, this answer is about the price going down.

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