Most of the mines that Moradco

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: #1 mine operator1% picked this

   Moradco operates more mines in Velyena than any other company

   We have no basis for thinking Moradco operates more mines than any other company, let alone derive that they are they #1 most numerous mine operator. They could just as easily be the mining company with the fewest mines in Velyena.

   1%
2. B

   Unknown Comparison Relative vs. Absolute3% picked this

   The total number of gold mines that Moradco operates is larger than the total number of mines

   There was no information at all about actual numbers of gold mines. Most and Every aren't numbers, they're percentages (over 50% and 100%, respectively). Just because "every" means 100% and "most" only means "over 50%" doesn't mean that there are more gold mines than Velyenan mines. There might be 100 mines in Velyena (at least 51 of which have never violated regulations). And there might be 6 gold mines that Moradco operates throughout the world (all 6 of which have violated regulations).

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3. C

   Unknown Most Group10% picked this

   Most of the gold mines that Moradco operates are not located

   Most is a really dangerous word on Must Be True and Must Be Assumed (i.e. Necessary Assumption). We can never derive a statement about "Most X's" if the stimulus didn't provide a statement about "Most X's". There was no statement in the stimulus that said "Most gold mines from Moradco". We only had "Most Moradco mines in Velyena". This answer can be disproven with some numbers. There might be 100 mines in Velyena (at least 51 of which have never violated regulations, up to 49 of which have violated regulations). And there might be 11 gold mines that Moradco operates throughout the world (all 11 of which have violated regulations). Do we know that most of those gold mines are outside Velyena? Do at least 6 of them have to be outside Velyena? No, all 11 of them could be in Velyena and it wouldn't go against anything we were told. If there are 100 Moradco mines in Velyena, up to 49 of them could be gold mines.

   10%
4. D

   Correct84% picked this

   Most of the mines that Moradco operates in Velyena are not

   Why this is right

   This is what we predicted. The idea behind Inference questions is testing our ability to synthesize. Given these two claims: A is B B is C We derive A is C. We filter out the thing the two claims have in common and join the other two things. Given these claims: Most of Moradco's ... have violated. Velyena mines If have violated, then not Moradco's gold mines We filter out the Overlapping Concept to derive: Most of Moradco's Velyena mines not Moradco's gold mines

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

   84%
5. E

   Unknown Most Group2% picked this

   Most of the mines that Moradco operates throughout the world are

   We can never derive a statement about "Most X's" if the stimulus didn't provide a statement about "Most X's". There was no statement in the stimulus that said "Most of M's mines in the world". We only had "Most Moradco mines in Velyena". This answer can be disproven with some numbers. There might be 10 mines in Velyena (at least 6 of which have never violated regulations and thus are not gold). And there might be 100 gold mines throughout the world, 100 of which have violated regulations. In that legal scenario, Moradco has 110 total mines throughout the world, and most of them (at least 100 of them) are gold mines.

   2%