One who has borrowed an item

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Conclusion Match0% picked this

   Christopher told Sumi that the book she borrowed from him need not be returned by Friday. Thus, it would be wrong for Sumi to

   The only conclusion this principle can support is that "X should return the borrowed item". The conclusion here is, "it would be wrong for X to return the borrowed item earlier than Friday".

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2. B

   Bad Evidence Match2% picked this

   Nick promised Wanda that he would return the bicycle he borrowed from her by tomorrow. Thus, if Wanda did not give Nick permission to

   The conclusion here is correctly saying "Nick should return the borrowed item on time (by tomorrow)". Did the evidence establish that 1. it wouldn't be difficult 2. the borrower has not been granted an extension The conclusion is essentially saying, "in the event that #2 is true, Nick should return it, even if #1 isn't true". But if it's difficult for Nick to return it on time, then this principle won't apply to him and thus can't instruct him to return a borrowed item on time.

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3. C

   Bad Evidence Match3% picked this

   Val should return Ted's car to him today, because although he told her that she could return it late, she promised that she would

   The conclusion here is correctly saying "Val should return the borrowed item on time (today)". Did the evidence establish that 1. it wouldn't be difficult 2. the borrower has not been granted an extension It establishes #1, that it wouldn't be difficult for Val to return the car today. But it contradicts #2. Val has been given an extension by Ted. He said she can return it late. Since we don't have both prongs of our two-pronged trigger, we can't apply this principle to Val's situation.

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4. D

   Bad Evidence Match4% picked this

   Yesenia borrowed Mike's computer, and he has just requested that she return it to him by tomorrow. Although Yesenia has not promised to return

   The conclusion here is correctly saying "Yesenia should return the borrowed item on time (by tomorrow)". Did the evidence establish that 1. it wouldn't be difficult 2. the borrower has not been granted an extension Yes, it says that it wouldn't be difficult for her to return it and that Mike hasn't given an extension; his deadline is tomorrow. We might be initially stuck between this and (E), unless we were better at writing all the qualifying parts of the original principle than we were in our write-up. The reality is, on these Principle-Conform questions where we're given a rule, we sometimes miss some of the subtle details in our endeavor to pare it down to the key criteria. If we have two answers that both seem to work, then we need to re-read the stimulus to see if we've missed any details. In reality, our principle should have read: Promised to return an item by a certain date and Wouldn't be hard to return should return a borrowed item on time → item on time and Person you borrowed from didn't extend deadline What's missing in this answer choice is that Yesenia never promised to return the computer by a certain date, so we can't apply this principle to her situation.

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5. E

   Correct90% picked this

   Oliver borrowed Madeline's guitar from her yesterday and promised to bring it back today. So, since it would be easy for Oliver to return

   Why this is right

   This establishes the three criteria of the principle: 1. X promised to return a borrowed item by a certain date Oliver promised to bring back the borrowed guitar today 2. X didn't get an extension on the deadline Madeline has not given him permission to return it late 3. It would not be difficult for X to return on time it would be easy for Oliver to return the guitar And then it concludes the right side: Oliver should return the guitar on time (today).

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

   90%