Logical Reasoning

PT126 · S1 · Q8 Economist: Historically, sunflower seed

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Economist: Historically, sunflower seed was one of the largest production crops in Kalotopia, and it continues to be a major source of income for several countries.

Given

Historically, sunflower seed was one of the largest production crops in Kalotopia.

It continues to be a major source of income for several countries.

The renewed growing of sunflowers would provide relief to Kalotopia's farming industry, which is quite unstable.

Sunflower oil can provide a variety of products, both industrial and consumer, at little cost to Kalotopia's already fragile environment.

8.

The economist's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

  1. Kalotopia's farming industry will deteriorate

    Negated Premise

    The statements suggest that Kalotopia’s farming industry would benefit if growing sunflower seed was renewed, but that doesn’t not imply that the farming industry would deteriorate if the practice is not renewed.

    4% picked this

  2. Stabilizing Kalotopia's farming industry would

    Unsupported Relationship

    This suggests that anything that stabilizes the farming industry would benefit the economy without damaging the environment, but the statements only offered renewed growing of sunflower seed as means to achieve those outcomes.

    11% picked this

  3. Kalotopia's farming industry would be

    Too Strong - Speculation

    From the statements alone it is impossible to say how the farming industry in Kalotopia would have fared had it never abandoned growing sunflower seed.

    1% picked this

  4. Correct

    A crop that was once

    Why this is right

    This is supported from the first, third, and fourth statements in the passage. It’s given that sunflower seed was once a large production crop in Kalotopia (first statement), that it would benefit Kalotopia’s farmers (third statement) and general economy (fourth statement).

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

    81% picked this

  5. Sunflower seed is a better

    Unsupported Comparison

    Nothing in the statements compares the benefits to Kalotopia of growing sunflower seed with the benefits of growing other crops that could be grown there.

    4% picked this

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