Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT136 S2 Q6 Explanation

Most apartments on the upper floors

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

Most apartments on the upper floors of The Vista Arms apartment building have scenic views. So there is in the building apartment with scenic views.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
6.

The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Irrelevant Relationship0% picked this

    All of the apartments on the lower floors of the building

    It could be that none of the apartments on the lower floors are studio apartments, in which case this would be irrelevant.

  2. Supports a Premise / Too Weak2% picked this

    All of the apartments in the building have

    This supports the premise in the argument. Furthermore, neither the premise nor this has information that suggests that there is even one studio apartment in the building.

  3. Too Weak6% picked this

    Most of the apartments in the building are

    These studio apartments could all be on lower floors of the building and it could be that none of them have scenic views.

  4. Reversal7% picked this

    Most of the apartments with scenic views are on the upper floors

    This reverses the premise of the argument.

  5. Correct85% picked this

    Most of the apartments on the upper floors of the building

    Why this is right

    This matches the UF -most? SV anticipated answer. UF -most? SA Two “most” ? SV ?some? SA statements with the common term on the left of both implies a minimum relationship between the other terms.

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

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