Logical Reasoning

PT136 · S2 · Q18 Columnist: It may soon

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Columnist: It may soon be possible for an economy to function without paper money.

Opposing Evidence

The government would electronically record all transactions.

Opposing Point

It may soon be possible for an economy to function without paper money.

Evidence

If the government recorded all transactions, it would give the government too much power.

People are rightly distrustful of governments with too much power.

Conclusion

While recording all transactions would be feasible it would never be willingly accepted by a society.

18.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion of the columnist's argument?

  1. Correct

    A society would never willingly

    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.

    78% picked this

  2. It is reasonable for people

    Evidence

    This is a premise that supports the argument’s main point.

    4% picked this

  3. New technology may soon make

    Opposing Point

    This opposes the argument’s main point.

    1% picked this

  4. People are right to be

    Unsupported

    This point is not made in the argument since this blends the opinion in the evidence with the conclusion.

    10% picked this

  5. Even though it may be

    Unsupported

    This point is not made in the argument. It isn’t that no government will be able to operate an economy without the use of paper money, but rather that no society will accept it.

    6% picked this

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