Logical Reasoning

PT125 · S2 · Q16 PT125-S2-Q16

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"Good hunter" and "bad hunter" are standard terms in the study of cats.

Givens

Good hunters can kill prey GH → KP that weigh up to half their body weight.

All good hunters have a GH → HMR high muscle-to-fat ratio.

Most wild cats are good WC most↣ GH hunters.

Some domestic cats are DC ↢some↣ GH good hunters as well.

Evaluate

We prioritize the conditional ideas. They don't chain together, but we know that .

We look to see whether any other ideas talk about this trigger of "good hunter". Both of the other facts do.

Most wild cats are good hunters, so Most wild cats "can kill half-size prey" and most wild cats "have high musc to fat ratio".

Some domestic cats are good hunters, so some domestic cats "can kill half-size prey" and some domestic cats "have high musc to fat ratio".

16.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true?

  1. Some cats that have a

    Out of Scope: not good hunters

    The passage only contains info about good hunters, so we don't have the ammunition to make any inferences about not-good hunters.

    2% picked this

  2. A smaller number of domestic

    Unsupported Relationship

    We can't compare numbers. Just because one quantifier used Some and the other quantifier used Most doesn't mean the latter group is bigger. You can say "Some men drive trucks. Most Supreme Court justices wear robes." Does that mean that the number of people who wear robes is greater than the number of people who drive trucks? Of course not.

    7% picked this

  3. All cats that are bad

    Negated Logic

    The stimulus states that GH → HMR good hunters have a high muscle-to-fat ratio. This answer negates ~GH → ~HMR the logic of the given statement.

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    Some cats that have a

    Why this is right

    This follows from DC ↢some↣ GH the 2nd and 4th GH → HMR statements. DC ↢some↣ HMR

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

    81% picked this

  5. All cats that have a

    Unsupported Relationship

    This answer would require GH → HMR reversing the statement GH → KP that good hunters have a high muscle-to-fat ratio.

    8% picked this

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