Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT125 S2 Q13 Explanation

Consumers seek to purchase

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

Consumers seek to purchase the highest quality at the lowest prices. Companies that do not offer products that attract consumers eventually go bankrupt. Therefore, companies that offer neither the price will eventually go bankrupt.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
13.

The conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Too Weak2% picked this

    No company succeeds in producing a product that is both highest in quality and

    This still permits some companies from achieving superiority quality or price. Furthermore, this does not link these characteristics to the ability to attract consumers.

  2. Correct80% picked this

    Products that are neither highest in quality nor lowest in price do

    Why this is right

    This provides the link between a ~Q + ~LP → ~AC product that is neither the best quality nor lowest in price and failing to attract consumers.

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

  3. Negation13% picked this

    Any company that offers either the highest quality or the lowest price

    This negates the logic of Q or LP → ~B the argument’s conclusion.

  4. Too Weak1% picked this

    Some consumers will not continue to patronize a company purely out

    Whether or not some consumers are willing to continue to patronize a company out of brand loyalty is not strong enough to determine whether or not the company would go bankrupt.

  5. Out of Scope4% picked this

    No company is driven from the market for reasons other than failing to

    Bankruptcy will drive a company from a market as well as other factors, but those other factors are not relevant to the conclusion about what drives a company into bankruptcy.

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