Logical Reasoning

PT156 · S4 · Q13 If the natural history museum stays within

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If the natural history museum stays within this year's budget, it will be unable to stay within next year's budget, for renovating next year will make the museum's expenditures exceed next year's very tight budget.

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.

13.

The argument's conclusion can be properly inferred if which one of the following is assumed?

  1. The museum will stay within

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. This year's budget is less

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. The museum will not renovate

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Correct

    The museum will exceed this

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    48% picked this

  5. The museum will stay within

    Trap

    38% picked this

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