Businessperson: Brenner and Chen

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Evidence Match Bad Conclusion Match1% picked this

   Jennifer has long been interested in visiting the historical sites in Mexico and Peru. The cost of traveling to these countries is currently very

   The evidence in this answer choice describes two options, Mexico and Peru, but doesn't give a reason to rule out one option like the original argument does. The conclusion in the original argument recommends choosing one option, but this argument's conclusion doesn't recommend choosing either Mexico or Peru.

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2. B

   Correct97% picked this

   Jennifer has been planning to visit the historical sites in either Mexico or Peru. Floods have made it difficult to get to the historical

   Why this is right

   Like the original, this argument suggests two possibilities: Mexico and Peru. The argument gives one reason to eliminate Peru, then erroneously concludes that Mexico should be chosen. Do we know whether or not there are floods in Mexico? Could there be another reason for Jennifer to avoid visiting Mexico? Maybe she had a wild night partying with friends in Los Algodones while she was working in Yuma that one time, and is afraid to run into someone who will recognize her. What? It's just a made-up example to illustrate the point. Sort of.

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

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3. C

   Bad Evidence Match Bad Conclusion Match1% picked this

   Jennifer would like to visit historical sites in either Mexico or Peru on her next vacation. This might be her only opportunity to take

   The evidence in this answer choice doesn't give a reason to rule out one option like the original argument does. The conclusion in the original argument explicitly recommends one option—Chen—but this argument's conclusion doesn't explicitly recommend either Mexico or Peru.

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4. D

   Bad Evidence Match Bad Conclusion Match0% picked this

   Jennifer has been planning to visit historical sites in either Mexico or Peru. Travel to Mexico and Peru is currently inexpensive. So she

   The evidence in this answer choice doesn't give a reason to rule out one option like the original argument does. It instead gives a reason to choose both. And the conclusion recommends choosing both options, not just one like the original argument does.

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5. E

   Bad Evidence Match Bad Conclusion Match1% picked this

   Jennifer would like to visit historical sites in Mexico and Peru. Travel to Mexico is currently cheaper than to Peru. So she should visit

   Like all of the answer choices, this one presents two options. The original argument gives a reason to rule out one option while saying nothing about the other. However, this answer choice compares the two options and describes an advantage that one has over the other: travel to Mexico is currently cheaper than to Peru. The conclusion in this answer choice also doesn't match the original: the original argument did not suggest hiring Chen now and Brenner at a later date.

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