Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT156 S2 Q18 Explanation

Dapolito: The city council recently passed

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

Dapolito: The city council recently passed a rent-control ordinance. But a recent study of fifteen local communities shows clearly that rent control increases the price and lowers the quality and availability of rental units. Thus, it can be concluded that it preserve the quality and availability of local rentals.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
18.

Dapolito's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    The recent study of local rent-control ordinances was conducted by

  2. Trap5% picked this

    Rent control is not an appropriate topic for consideration by the

  3. Correct71% picked this

    The members of the city council who voted for rent control agree with the study's

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap15% picked this

    Some members of the city council who voted for rent control stand to profit

  5. Trap4% picked this

    The city council sometimes acts in an arbitrary and

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