Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT132 S2 Q21 Explanation

Most large nurseries sell

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Stimulus

Most large nurseries sell raspberry plants primarily to commercial raspberry growers and sell only plants that are guaranteed to be disease-free. However, the shipment of raspberry plants that Johnson a virus that commonly afflicts raspberries.

What this question is testing

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Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
21.

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Trigger2% picked this

    If Johnson is a commercial raspberry grower and Wally's Plants is not a large nursery, then the shipment of raspberry plants that Johnson received

    If Wally’s Plants is not a large nursery, then the first and second statement do not apply.

  2. Negation13% picked this

    Johnson is probably not a commercial raspberry grower if the shipment of raspberry plants that Johnson received from Wally's Plants was not entirely

    This relationship appears ~GDF -most→ ~LN to combine the first and LN → CRG second statement, but ჻ GDF -most→ ~CRG applies negated logic to the first statement.

  3. Unsupported Relationship18% picked this

    If Johnson is not a commercial raspberry grower, then Wally's Plants is probably not

    This attempts to contrapose the first statement, but “most” statements cannot be contraposed.

  4. Out of Scope7% picked this

    Wally's Plants is probably not a large, well-run nursery if it sells its raspberry plants primarily

    The statements do not discuss whether a nursery is well-run.

  5. Correct60% picked this

    If Wally's Plants is a large nursery, then the raspberry plants that Johnson received in the shipment were probably not entirely as

    Why this is right

    If Wally’s Plants is a large nursery then it most likely guaranteed that the plants were disease free and the plants were not disease free.

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

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