Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT133 S1 Q1 Explanation

Backyard gardeners who want

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

Backyard gardeners who want to increase the yields of their potato plants should try growing stinging nettles alongside the plants, since stinging nettles attract insects that kill a wide array of insect pests that damage potato plants. It is true that stinging nettles also attract aphids, and that many that fact in no way contradicts this recommendation, because _______.

What this question is testing

Paradox

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
1.

Which one of the following most logically completes

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    stinging nettles require little care and thus are easy

  2. Trap3% picked this

    some types of aphids are attracted to stinging nettle plants but do

  3. Correct95% picked this

    the types of aphids that stinging nettles attract do not damage

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap1% picked this

    insect pests typically cause less damage to potato plants than other

  5. Trap1% picked this

    most aphid species that are harmful to potato plants cause greater harm to other

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