On a short trip

Answer choices

1. A

   Irrelevant Distinction1% picked this

   People are much more likely to drive alone on short trips than

   It doesn't matter overall whether people do more short or long trip driving. What we're trying to understand is why passengers seem to impair safety for one type of driving while improving safety for the other type.

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2. B

   Irrelevant Distinction1% picked this

   Good drivers tend to take more long trips than

   This doesn't tell us anything about why passengers would help safety on a longer trip.

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3. C

   Correct94% picked this

   The longer a car trip is, the more likely a passenger is to help the

   Why this is right

   This gives a reason why passengers are a safety asset on long trips: they help keep you alert.

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

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4. D

   Unclear Impact3% picked this

   On a long trip the likelihood of an accident does not increase with

   The fact that extra passengers have about the same effect as one passenger still doesn't tell us why "a positive number of passengers" seems to help one avoid accidents.

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5. E

   Irrelevant Distinction1% picked this

   Most drivers take far more short trips than

   This is the same type of answer as choice (A), digging into raw totals of short/long or driving alone/with passengers. It doesn't matter which of these qualities shows up more in raw totals. We're trying to explain unusual correlations in the averaged out stats.

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