Doctor: Being overweight has long

Answer choices

1. A

   Contradiction3% picked this

   ignores medical opinions that tend to lead to a conclusion contrary to

   No medical opinions contrary to the one drawn are presented in the argument.

   3%
2. B

   Wrong Flaw6% picked this

   never adequately defines what is meant

   There is no equivocation with respect to the term “healthy.” It is used without implication of different meanings of the term.

   6%
3. C

   Contradiction6% picked this

   does not take into account the fact that appropriate weight varies greatly from

   Stating that someone is overweight compares their weight with what it should be. There is not comparison between their weight and the appropriate weight for someone else. The comparison between people occurs after it is determined whether someone is overweight, underweight, or has an appropriate weight.

   6%
4. D

   Wrong Flaw20% picked this

   holds that if a person lacks a property that would suffice to make the person unhealthy, then that

   This describes negated logic. But the argument is not based on conditional logic, but rather comparative reasoning.

   20%
5. E

   Correct65% picked this

   mistakes a merely relative property for one that

   Why this is right

   This correctly describes the difference between someone who is healthier than someone else and someone who is actually healthy.

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

   65%