Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT144 S3 Q25 Explanation

In most industrial waste

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Stimulus

In most industrial waste products that contain the toxic chemical XTX, the concentration of this chemical is approximately 1,000 parts per million. A federal law intended to reduce the harm that can result from the introduction of XTX into the environment permits a company to dispose of these waste products in a XTX-containing waste products to bring their concentration of XTX down to a permissible level for dumping.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
25.

Which one of the following, if true, argues most strongly for the inclusion of the antidilution provision

Answer choices

  1. Weaken9% picked this

    If improperly incinerated, waste products containing undiluted concentrations of XTX can release into the environment a gaseous form of the chemical that is more

    This provides a reason against incinerating XTX-containing waste products and makes it less likely that the provision should be included.

  2. Correct77% picked this

    If present in the environment in sufficient quantities, the diluted XTX is as harmful as

    Why this is right

    This provides a reason why permitting diluted XTX would be harmful.

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

  3. Out of Scope4% picked this

    When XTX is exposed to sunlight and oxygen, it eventually breaks down into a number of components that individually and collectively carry

    The impact of this is unknown unless it were determined whether dumps for hazardous waste expose XTX to sunlight and oxygen.

  4. Weaken4% picked this

    Most owners of dumps for hazardous waste are willing to accept XTX for disposal in their facilities only in concentrations

    This does not speak to whether the concentration had been diluted.

  5. Weaken5% picked this

    To manufacturers, the cost of diluting and disposing of waste products containing XTX is approximately the same as the cost of

    This makes the provision less necessary since manufacturers would not be incentivized to dilute their waste products containing XTX.

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