Engineer: Thermophotovoltaic generators

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong4% picked this

   There is no other means of utilizing the heat produced by the steel-manufacturing process that would be more cost

   Thermophotovoltaic generators need to save the company money, but this goes further by saying that they must save the company more money than any other way the company may utilize the heat they produce by the steel-manufacturing process.

   4%
2. B

   Too Strong25% picked this

   Using current technology, it would be possible for steel-manufacturing plants to feed the heat they produce into thermophotovoltaic generators in such a way that

   The argument’s conclusion is conditional, so whether it’s possible or not does not matter. The conclusion is about what would happen if steel-manufacturing plants could feed the heat they produce into thermophotovoltaic generators.

   25%
3. C

   Correct56% picked this

   The amount steel-manufacturing plants would save on their electric bills by feeding heat into thermophotovoltaic generators would be sufficient to cover the cost

   Why this is right

   The argument depends on assuming that the savings outweigh the costs.

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

   56%
4. D

   Too Strong8% picked this

   At least some steel-manufacturing plants rely on electricity as their primary source of energy in

   At least some of them rely on electricity as an energy source, though not necessarily as their primary energy source.

   8%
5. E

   Reversal7% picked this

   There are at least some steel-manufacturing plants that could greatly reduce their electricity bills only if they used some method of converting wasted heat

   This reverses the relationship. It should be that if companies used some method of converting wasted heat or other energy into electricity, then they would reduce their electricity bills.

   7%