Food that is very high

Answer choices

1. A

   Not a Flaw / Bad Premise Match3% picked this

   Canned foods always contain more salt than frozen foods do. Therefore, these canned peas contain more salt than

   This seems like legit logic. It’s also missing a 2nd premise.

   3%
2. B

   Correct73% picked this

   Vegetables that are overcooked generally have few vitamins. Therefore, these carrots, which are overcooked, contain fewer vitamins than

   Why this is right

   Even if the peas seem more vitamin-packed because they aren’t overcooked, the overcooked carrots might still have more vitamins because maybe carrots start off with way more vitamins than peas do. Even though we’re overcooking the carrots, they might still win the vitamin comparison. Similarly, maybe brownies start off with may more unhealthy ingredients than cookies do, so even though we aren’t using sugar in the brownies, they still lose. This also contains the absolute vs. relative switch found in the original (it went from talking about whether something was unhealthy in the evidence to whether it is less healthy in the conclusion). Here we go from talking about few vitamins in the evidence to talking about having fewer vitamins in the conclusion.

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

   73%
3. C

   Bad Premise Match / Bad Conclusion Match4% picked this

   The human body needs certain amounts of many minerals to remain healthy. Therefore, this distilled water, which has

   The original is a comparison between two things. This argument is just about whether one thing is / isn’t healthy. This answer is re-using the idea of “healthy” from the original, which is often the sign of a trap answer. We want to re-use the logic of the original, but using the same topic or language is often how they craft trap answers.

   4%
4. D

   Bad Premise Match13% picked this

   Some types of nuts make Roy's throat itch. These cookies contain a greater percentage of nuts than that pie contains. Therefore, these cookies are

   This seems close, but it has a different flaw farther upstream than the original argument did. Some types of nuts affect Roy’s throat, but we don’t know if those types of nuts are being used in the cookie or the pie. Our objection to this could be, “Maybe neither of them use the nuts he’s allergic to. Maybe the pie has the bad nuts and the cookie has harmless nuts.” If the first sentence said “Nuts tend to make Roy’s throat itch” it would be a better match.

   13%
5. E

   Not a Flaw6% picked this

   Eating at a restaurant costs more than eating food prepared at home. Therefore, this home­ cooked meal is less expensive than a restaurant meal

   This seems like fairly legit logic, so it can’t mirror our flawed original.

   6%