Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S3 · Q26 Acquiring complete detailed information

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Acquiring complete detailed information about all the pros and cons of a product one might purchase would clearly be difficult and expensive.

Evidence

Acquiring complete detailed ACDI → D + E information about all the pros and cons of a product one might purchase would clearly be difficult and expensive.

It is rational not to acquire ~R → BOC such information unless one expects that the benefits of doing so will outweigh the cost and difficulty of doing so.

Conclusion

Therefore, consumers who ~ACDI → R do not bother to acquire such information are thereby behaving rationally.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that ~ACDI → ~BOC people who do not bother to acquire complete detailed information about all the pros and cons of a product do not believe the benefits of doing so will outweigh the cost and difficulty of doing so.

26.

The conclusion of the argument is properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

  1. Rational consumers who do not

    Reversal

    This reverses the R + ~BOC ? ~ACDI assumption of the argument.

    11% picked this

  2. Whenever it is rational not

    Negation

    This negates the ACDI ? ~R argument’s conclusion.

    6% picked this

  3. The benefits of acquiring detailed

    Too Weak

    While this indicates that the benefits to a consumer of acquiring detailed information about a product one might purchase do not typically outweigh the costs of acquiring such information, it does not establish what the consumer expects about the benefits of acquiring such information.

    13% picked this

  4. Rational consumers usually expect that

    Negation

    This negates the second R ? ~BOC premise in the argument.

    12% picked this

  5. Correct

    Consumers who do not bother

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap ~ACDI ? ~BOC between the second premise and the conclusion.

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

    57% picked this

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