Logical Reasoning

PT137 · S4 · Q20 A salesperson who makes

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A salesperson who makes a sale does not change the desires of the customer.

Given

A salesperson who makes a sale does not change the desires of the customer.

Rather, the salesperson finds out what these desires are and then convinces the customer that a particular product will satisfy them.

Persuading people to vote for a politician to whom they are initially indifferent is not significantly different.

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After discovering what policies the prospective voter would like to see in place, one tries to _______

20.

Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

  1. show that the opponents of

    Unsupported Relationship

    Opponents of the politician do not have a matching element in the analogous relationship.

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  2. disguise any difference between the

    Unsupported Relationship

    Opponents of the politician do not have a matching element in the analogous relationship.

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  3. convince the voter that the

    Contradiction

    This is precisely the kind of action the salesperson avoids.

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  4. demonstrate that the politician is

    Out of Scope

    Outstanding character does not have a matching element in the analogous relationship.

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  5. Correct

    persuade the voter that voting

    Why this is right

    According to the analogy between a salesperson and a politician, just as the salesperson tires to convince the customer that a particular product will satisfy them, a politician will try to convince voters that the politician will do the best job of adopting the policies desired by the voter.

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

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