Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT154 S1 Q1 ExplanationRhett: Otto gives me

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Stimulus

Rhett: Otto gives me a ride to work every morning and expects me to help pay for fuel. But I shouldn’t have to pay. Giving me a ride doesn’t increase the amount he spends go right by my house anyway.

Barbara: By that flawed logic, you would be entitled to the warm air that heats the unused spare room of my house, if you could without increasing my expenses.

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
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The dialogue provides the most support for the claim that Rhett and Barbara

Answer choices, explained

  1. Too Strong2% picked this

    Otto requires Rhett to help pay for fuel for the ride

    Rhett never even says that Otto "requires" Rhett to pay, only that Otto expects him to pay. Otto might expect Rhett to pay, but might still reluctantly give Rhett a ride without getting any money for fuel.

  2. Correct89% picked this

    Rhett should have to help pay Otto’s

    Why this is right

    This is claim #3. Rhett concludes that he should not have to pay Otto. Barbara indicates that this is a flawed conclusion.

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

  3. Unsupported Agree Position7% picked this

    giving Rhett a ride to work increases Otto’s

    Rhett states the opposite of this, and there is no indication at all that Barbara disagrees with Rhett. There is actually some indication that she might agree with Rhett.

  4. Unsupported Agree Position1% picked this

    Rhett is entitled to the warm air that heats Barbara’s unused

    The way that Barbara uses the warm air in her analogy indicates that she would not agree with this statement: she seems to think that this would be flawed logic. If anything, the fact that Barbara is using this analogy in her reply to Rhett indicates she thinks Rhett might agree with her view on taking warm air from her spare room. But we don't actually know what Rhett thinks.

  5. Unsupported Agree Position0% picked this

    Rhett could divert to his house the warm air that heats Barbara’s unused spare room

    Barbara gives this as a hypothetical situation ("if you could divert it..."). So we don't even know if Barbara thinks this is actually possible. And we have no idea what Rhett thinks about this.

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