Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT126 S3 Q17 Explanation

Real estate agent: Upon selling

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Stimulus

Real estate agent: Upon selling a home, the sellers are legally entitled to remove any items that are not permanent fixtures. Legally, large appliances like dishwashers are not permanent fixtures. However, since many prospective buyers of the home are likely to assume that large appliances in the home would be included with or to indicate in some other way that the appliances are not included.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
17.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the real

Answer choices

  1. Correct70% picked this

    If a home's sellers will be keeping any belongings that prospective buyers of the home might assume would be included with the purchase of

    Why this is right

    This principle bridges the gap ALAI → MO between a prospective buyer assuming the large appliances would be included with the purchase of the home and the moral obligation to indicate that those items will not be included.

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

  2. Wrong Conclusion10% picked this

    A home's sellers are morally obliged to ensure that prospective buyers of the home do not assume that any large appliances are

    This principle would morally oblige the seller to ensure that the prospective buyers do not assume the large appliances are permanent, while the argument's conclusion is about what sellers are obligated to do in response to such an assumption

  3. Wrong Conclusion1% picked this

    A home's sellers are morally obliged to include with the sale of the home at least some of the appliances that are not permanent

    This principle would morally oblige the seller to include some the large appliances, but the argument's conclusion permits the seller to remove those items if they indicate somehow that they are not included with the sale of the home.

  4. Wrong Conclusion16% picked this

    A home's sellers are morally obliged not to deliberately mislead any prospective buyers of their home about which belongings are included with the sale

    This principle would morally oblige the seller not to deliberately mislead any prospective buyers, but the argument includes unintentionally misleading any prospective buyers

  5. Wrong Evidence3% picked this

    If a home's sellers have indicated in some way that a large appliance is included with the home's purchase, then they are morally obliged

    This principle is about what happens when the seller indicates that a large appliance is included but does not cover instances when the seller has not indicated what happens with the large appliances.

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