Logical Reasoning

PT130 · S1 · Q16 Corporate businesses, like species

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Corporate businesses, like species, must adapt to survive.

Corporate businesses, S → A like species, must adapt to survive.

Businesses that are no ~EF → EX longer efficient will become extinct.

Sometimes a business A → CCP cannot adapt without changing its core corporate philosophy.

Hence, sometimes a S → DC business can survive only by becoming a different company.

The argument assumes CCP → DC that a business can change its core corporate philosophy only if it becomes a different company.

16.

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

No business can survive without
Inference
This can be inferred from S → CCP the first and third premises.
3% picked this
As a business becomes less
Out of Scope
Efficiency is not relevant to the argument.
3% picked this
Different corporations have different core
Reversal
This reverses the DC → CCP assumption of the argument.
6% picked this
If a business keeps its
Negation
This negates the ~CCP → ~DC assumption of the argument.
2% picked this
Correct
A business cannot change its
Why this is right
This bridges the gap CCP → DC between a business not changing its core corporate philosophy and becoming a different company.
Skill tested: Necessary Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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