Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT133 S1 Q8 Explanation

Letter to the editor: Your article

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Stimulus

Letter to the editor: Your article was unjustified in criticizing environmentalists for claiming that more wolves on Vancouver Island are killed by hunters than are born each year. You stated that this claim was disproven by recent studies that indicate that the total number of wolves on Vancouver Island has remained roughly been introducing new wolves into the Vancouver Island wolf population for 20 years.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
8.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument in the letter

Answer choices

  1. Premise7% picked this

    Environmentalists have been successfully maintaining the wolf population on Vancouver Island

    This is a premise of the argument.

  2. Too Narrow3% picked this

    As many wolves on Vancouver Island are killed by hunters as are

    This is part of the main point, but the argument is really about whether criticizing environmentalists for claiming this is justified.

  3. Out of Scope1% picked this

    The population of wolves on Vancouver Island should be maintained by either reducing the number killed by hunters each year or introducing

    Whether or not the wolves on Vancouver Island should be maintained is not discussed in the argument.

  4. Unsupported18% picked this

    The recent studies indicating that the total number of wolves on Vancouver Island has remained roughly constant for

    The argument does not question the studies, but rather the article’s assertion drawn from the studies.

  5. Correct72% picked this

    The stability in the size of the Vancouver Island wolf population does not warrant the article's criticism

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

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

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