Commentator: If a political administration

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported6% picked this

   The present administration is economically

   Without knowing whether the ~ES administration is an overall success, it cannot be established whether its an economic success.

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2. B

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   The present administration is not an

   Without knowing whether the ~OS administration is an economic success, it cannot be established whether it’s an overall success.

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3. C

   Correct85% picked this

   If the present administration is economically successful, then it is an

   Why this is right

   Since the administration has ES ? OS protected individual liberties, the first statement reduces to this relationship.

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

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4. D

   Contradiction1% picked this

   If the present administration had been economically successful, it would have cared

   The statements imply the ES + SPIL ? OS opposite. They suggest SPIL ? ~(OS ? CE) that the administration ES + SPIL did not need to care for ? ~(OS CE) the environment.

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5. E

   Unsupported3% picked this

   If the present administration succeeds at environmental protection, then it will be

   The statements imply that if ES ? OS the administration succeeds economically, then it will be an overall success. But this says that caring for the CE ? OS environment implies that it will be an overall success.

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