Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT156 S4 Q2 Explanation

The relationship between money and things

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Stimulus

The relationship between money and the things it allows one to purchase is like that between a tool and the tasks it enables its user to accomplish. Therefore, since tools are that needs to be done, _______.

What this question is testing

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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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Which one of the following most logically completes

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    money should be thought of as no more useful than

  2. Trap1% picked this

    any tool that enables its user to accomplish a task

  3. Correct90% picked this

    money is valueless in a world where nothing is

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap1% picked this

    money should be regarded as a tool rather than

  5. Trap7% picked this

    the value of money derives from the tasks it allows one

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