Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT156 S4 Q5 ExplanationGahagan's Greenstore sells a large volume

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Stimulus

Gahagan's Greenstore sells a large volume of plants. The vast majority are sold wholesale to commercial buyers, most of them to landscape contractors. Gahagan's also sells gardening purchased retail by home gardeners.

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
5.

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the

Answer choices, explained

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Gahagan's makes a larger profit from the sale of plants than from the sale of

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Most of those who make regular wholesale purchases from Gahagan's have never purchased gardening

  3. Trap4% picked this

    There are more commercial buyers than home gardeners among Gahagan's

  4. Trap5% picked this

    Gahagan's sells a few gardening implements wholesale to

  5. Correct87% picked this

    A plant purchased from Gahagan's is more likely to have been purchased by a landscape contractor than

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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