Logical Reasoning

PT123 · S3 · Q22 If the price it pays for coffee beans

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If the price it pays for coffee beans continues to increase, the Coffee Shoppe will have to increase its prices.

Given

If the price it pays for PP↑ → PRI↑ coffee beans continues to increase, the Coffee Shoppe will have to increase its prices.

In that case [increased PRI↑ → SNP or CS↓ prices], either the Coffee Shoppe will begin selling noncoffee products or its coffee sales will decrease.

But selling noncoffee SNP → PROF↓ products will decrease the Coffee Shoppe’s overall profitability.

Moreover, the Coffee CS↑ → PROF↓ Shoppe can avoid a decrease in overall profitability only if its coffee sales do not increase.

Evaluate

The statements can be PP↑ → PRI↑ linked to imply that if the PRI↑ → SNP or CS↓ price paid by the Coffee SNP → PROF↓ Shop for coffee beans CS↑ → PROF↓ continues to increase, then the Coffee Shoppe’s PP↑ → PROF↓ overall profitability will decrease.

22.

Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?

  1. If the Coffee Shoppe’s overall

    Reversal

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

    6% picked this

  2. If the Coffee Shoppe’s overall

    Reversal

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

    24% picked this

  3. Correct

    The Coffee Shoppe’s overall profitability

    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.

    63% picked this

  4. The price it pays for

    Unsupported Relationship

    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.

    4% picked this

  5. Either the price it pays

    Negation

    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.

    3% picked this

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