Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT159 S3 Q23 ExplanationPrincipal: All of our school’s rural students participate

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Stimulus

Principal: All of our school’s rural students participate in the school’s lunch program because they live too far away to go home for lunch, while roughly one half of their urban counterparts also take part in the program. Some participants in this program, including some of the school’s strongest academic achievers, also participants in extracurricular activities are rural students and some are urban students.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
23.

The reasoning in the principal's argument is flawed because

Answer choices, explained

  1. Trap5% picked this

    takes for granted that a greater number of strong academic achievers than those who are not strong academic

  2. Trap4% picked this

    takes for granted that a greater number of rural students than urban students participate

  3. Correct81% picked this

    ignores the possibility that those who participate both in the lunch program and in extracurricular activities do not include

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap7% picked this

    ignores the possibility that both rural and urban students have many other ways of occupying their

  5. Trap3% picked this

    at first uses the word "participate" in one sense and then illicitly allows the word's

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