Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT150 S2 Q3 ExplanationDurham: The mayor will agree

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Stimulus

Durham: The mayor will agree to a tax increase because that is the only way the city council will agree to her road repair is her top priority.

Espinoza: The mayor will not get her road repair proposal passed because it is more important taxes not increase.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
3.

The dialogue provides the most support for the claim that Durham and Espinoza agree about which one

Answer choices, explained

  1. Disagree4% picked this

    The mayor will agree to a

    Durham agrees with this, but Espinoza implicitly disagrees with this, thinking that the mayor will be unwilling to accept the "raise taxes" bargain the city council is offering.

  2. Correct82% picked this

    The only way that the city council will agree to pass the mayor’s road repair proposal is if she

    Why this is right

    Durham explicitly says this, so we know he agrees. Espinoza implicitly accepts this, because she is arguing that "Since the mayor will not agree to higher taxes, she will not get her road repair proposal passed".

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

  3. Disagree8% picked this

    The mayor’s road repair proposal is her

    Durham agrees with this, but Espinoza disagrees with this, saying that the mayor finds it "more important" (i.e. a higher priority) to avoid increasing taxes.

  4. Disagree2% picked this

    The mayor will not get her road repair

    Espinoza explicitly says this, so she agrees with it. But Durham would implicitly disagree with this. He thinks that the mayor will agree to the city council's demand for increased taxes in order to get her proposal passed.

  5. Disagree4% picked this

    It is more important to the mayor that taxes not increase than it is that her

    Espinoza agrees with this because she explicitly says so, while Espinoza disagrees with this, saying that the mayor's #1 priority is the road repair proposal.

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