The area of mathematics

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct87% picked this

   Applications of some new theories or techniques in mathematics are unrecognized until long after the discovery of

   Why this is right

   This statement mirrors the relationship between the two examples.

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

   87%
2. B

   Half Scope / Unsupported Relationship4% picked this

   Mathematicians are sometimes able to anticipate which branches of their subject will prove useful

   The first example does not mention mathematicians. Furthermore, Gauss did not anticipate that tensor analysis would be useful to future scientists.

   4%
3. C

   Too Strong6% picked this

   The discoveries of modern physics would not have been possible without major mathematical advances made

   The examples establish that some areas of modern physics have benefited from mathematical advances made in the nineteenth century, but to say that the discoveries of modern physics would not have occurred without those mathematical advances goes too far.

   6%
4. D

   Unsupported Comparison2% picked this

   The nineteenth century stands out among other times as a period of

   Nothing in the examples would permit a comparison between the mathematical advances of the nineteenth century and those of other centuries.

   2%
5. E

   Unsupported Comparison1% picked this

   Mathematics tends to advance more quickly than any of the

   Nothing in the examples would permit a comparison between the rate at which mathematics advances and the rates of other physical sciences.

   1%