Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S2 · Q8 Engineers are investigating

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Engineers are investigating the suitability of Wantastiquet Pass as the site of a new bridge.

Apparent Paradox

One report claims that the region suffers relatively little erosion, while another claims that regional erosion is heavy and a cause for concern.

Both reports are accurate.

Evaluate

A way to explain the accuracy of the different conclusions in these reports is to have them report on different things. If one report is about wind erosion and another is about water erosion, both reports could be accurate while still reaching different conclusions.

8.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain how both reports could be accurate?

  1. Neither report presents an extensive

    Applies to Both

    Answers that are equally applicable to both groups are poorly suited to explaining a difference between the two groups.

    1% picked this

  2. Both reports include computer-enhanced satellite

    Applies to Both

    Answers that are equally applicable to both groups are poorly suited to explaining a difference between the two groups.

    1% picked this

  3. One report was prepared by

    Too Weak

    Different authors can reach different conclusions, but this does not show how both reports could be accurate.

    2% picked this

  4. Correct

    One report focuses on regional

    Why this is right

    This is similar to the predicted explanation in that the two reports are about different kinds of erosion.

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

    96% picked this

  5. One report cost nearly twice

    Too Weak

    This could explain how the two studies arrived at different conclusions, but it does not help explain how they can both be accurate.

    0% picked this

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