Logical Reasoning

PT131 · S1 · Q21 Designer: Any garden and adjoining

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Designer: Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space.

Given

Any garden and adjoining living SGD → CVM room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space.

If the sliding doors are open, as DO → VM may happen in summer, this effect will be created [visually merge] if it does not already exist and intensified if it does.

The effect remains quite strong WC + SVI → VM [visually merge] during colder months if the garden is well coordinated with the room and contributes strong visual interest of its own.

21.

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

  1. A garden separated from an

    Unsupported Relationship

    The statements suggest that the garden contributing a strong visual interest together with the garden being well coordinated represent a sufficient condition of the the garden and adjoining living room appearing to merge during the colder months. However this says that the latter WC → SVI implies the former.

    4% picked this

  2. In cold weather, a garden

    Reversal

    This reverses the relationship VM → WC in the third statement.

    23% picked this

  3. A garden and an adjoining

    Reversal

    This reverses the relationship VM → DO in the second statement.

    5% picked this

  4. Correct

    A garden can visually merge

    Why this is right

    This is supported by the first statement. SGD → CVM Remember “even if” is not the same as “if.” Instead it means “regardless of.” And if there is a sliding glass door between the garden and the adjoining living room, then the two can visually merge. The key word here is “can.”

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

    63% picked this

  5. Except in summer, opening the

    Too Strong

    The second statement provides that whenever the door is open between the garden and the adjoining living room the effect will be intensified if it already exists. It just so happens that sliding doors are often open in summer, but not exclusively so.

    3% picked this

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