Logical Reasoning

PT156 · S2 · Q18 Dapolito: The city council recently passed

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Dapolito: The city council recently passed a rent-control ordinance.

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.

18.

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

  1. The recent study of local

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. Rent control is not an

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. Correct

    The members of the city

    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.

    72% picked this

  4. Some members of the city

    Trap

    14% picked this

  5. The city council sometimes acts

    Trap

    3% picked this

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