Logical Reasoning

PT14 · S2 · Q5 The average literate person today

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The average literate person today spends significantly less time reading than the average literate person did 50 years ago, yet many more books are sold per year now than were sold 50 years ago.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

5.

Each of the following, if true, helps resolve the apparent discrepancy above except:

  1. The population of literate people

    Trap

    8% picked this

  2. People who read books 50

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. The average scholar or other

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    People of 50 years ago

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    82% picked this

  5. Books sold now tend to

    Trap

    3% picked this

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