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Answer choices

1. A

   Correct79% picked this

   Food that is fresh tends to be nutritious, and the more nutritious one's diet the healthier one is. People today are generally healthier than

   Why this is right

   Fresh food → nutritious diet → healthier people. Then the author says, “Since healthier people is happening, it’s likely that fresh food is happening.”

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

   79%
2. B

   Bad Premise Match4% picked this

   Your refusal to make public your personal finances indicates some sort of financial impropriety on your part, for people who do not reveal their

   There is no A → B → C chain to work off of in the premises. This gives us “If not revealing, then probably hiding wrongdoing”, and then the argument reasons in the proper direction, rather than in reversed direction. It says, “Since you’re not revealing, you’re hiding wrongdoing”. The conclusion is also too sure of itself. The original isn’t sure of its conclusion; there is just strong evidence for the conclusion. In answer B, the evidence indicates the conclusion.

   4%
3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match / Bad Premise Match6% picked this

   People tend not to want to travel on mass transit when they are carrying bags and packages, and the more bags and packages one

   There is no A → B → C chain to work off of in the premises. Both relationships stem from the same trigger: If carrying lots of bags, then probably don’t want to take mass transit. If carrying lots of bags, then more awkward to travel on mass transit. And then, of course, the conclusion introduces a brand new concept of “taking an automobile”, which the original argument did not do.

   6%
4. D

   Bad Conclusion Match / Bad Premise Match4% picked this

   Statistics show that people are generally living longer and healthier lives than ever before. However, more people are overweight and fewer people exercise than

   There is no A → B → C chain in the premises. There is just a paradox about today’s people living longer and healthier, despite being more overweight and exercising less. The conclusion is not a statement of fact about the current situation, like in the original argument, but instead a general relationship about two things not be necessary to obtain some third thing.

   4%
5. E

   Bad Conclusion Match / Bad Premise Match7% picked this

   People tend to watch only those television programs that they enjoy and appreciate. Since there are more television viewers today than there were ten

   There is no A → B → C chain in the premises. Here’s what we’re given: If you’re watching a TV program, you probably enjoy and appreciate it. More people today watch TV. There’s no way to get an “A → C” inference from those two ingredients.

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