Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT16 S2 Q20 Explanation

Students from outside the province of Markland

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

Students from outside the province of Markland, who in any given academic year pay twice as much tuition each as do students from Markland, had traditionally accounted for at least two-thirds of the enrollment at Central Markland College. Over the past 10 years academic standards at the who are not Marklanders has dropped to around 40 percent.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
20.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    If it had not been for the high tuition paid by students from outside Markland, the college could not have improved its academic

  2. Trap11% picked this

    If academic standards had not risen over the past 10 years, students who are not Marklanders would still account for at least

  3. Trap29% picked this

    Over the past 10 years, the number of students from Markland increased and the number of students

  4. Trap2% picked this

    Over the past 10 years, academic standards at Central Markland College have risen by more than academic standards at

  5. Correct56% picked this

    If the college’s per capita revenue from tuition has remained the same, tuition fees have increased over

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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