Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT132 S2 Q3 Explanation

Medications with an unpleasant

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Stimulus

Medications with an unpleasant taste are generally produced only in tablet, capsule, or soft-gel form. The active ingredient in medication M is a waxy substance that cannot tolerate the heat used to manufacture tablets because it has a low melting point. So, since the company developing M does not itself, M will most likely be produced in capsule form.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
3.

The conclusion is most strongly supported by the reasoning in the argument if which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Too Weak1% picked this

    Medication M can be produced in

    Although medication M can be produced in liquid form, the company developing M does not have soft-gel manufacturing technology.

  2. Correct87% picked this

    Medication M has an unpleasant

    Why this is right

    This provides the missing assumption. ~PT

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

  3. Irrelevant Relationship4% picked this

    No medication is produced in both capsule and

    This suggests that if a medication C → ~SG is produced in capsule form, then it is not produced in soft-gel form.

  4. Out of Scope5% picked this

    Most medications with a low melting point are produced in

    Other medications are not relevant to this argument.

  5. Reversal / Too Weak2% picked this

    Medications in capsule form taste less unpleasant than those in tablet

    This reverses an inference C → ~PT from the evidence.

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