Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT130 S1 Q25 Explanation

If a wig has any handmade

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

If a wig has any handmade components, it is more expensive than one with none. Similarly, a made-to-measure wig ranges from medium-priced to expensive. Handmade foundations are never found on wigs that do not use human hair. Furthermore, any wig that So all made-to-measure wigs should be dry­ cleaned.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
25.

The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Correct49% picked this

    Any wig whose price falls in the medium­ priced to expensive range has

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap M-E → HMF between medium- priced to expensive wigs and those that have a handmade foundation.

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

  2. Premise Support6% picked this

    If a wig's foundation is handmade, then it is more expensive than one whose foundation

    This supports the first M-E → HMF premise, though it does not support the argument.

  3. Premise Support23% picked this

    A wig that has any handmade components should

    This would support an HMC → DC inference that could be made from the third and fourth premises.

  4. Reversed Assumption10% picked this

    If a wig's foundation is handmade, then its price is at least in

    This reverses the HMF → M-E assumption of the argument.

  5. Reversed Inference13% picked this

    Any wig that should be dry-cleaned has a foundation that

    This reverses an DC → HMF inference that could be made from the fourth and fifth premises.

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