Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT146 S3 Q6 Explanation

The decisions that one makes

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TopicsPrinciple-Strengthen

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Stimulus

The decisions that one makes can profoundly affect one’s life years later. So one should not regret the missed opportunities of youth, for had one decided instead to seize one of these opportunities, one would not have some of And everyone deeply cherishes their close personal relationships.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
6.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    One should not regret making a decision unless a different decision would have resulted in one having a greater

  2. Correct94% picked this

    One should not regret making a decision if it helped to bring about something

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap0% picked this

    One should not regret making a decision that had little effect

  4. Trap2% picked this

    People who regret the missed opportunities of youth should cherish their close personal

  5. Trap0% picked this

    People with few close personal relationships should cherish the ones

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