Logical Reasoning

PT2 · S4 · Q25 In opposing the 1970 Clean Air Act

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In opposing the 1970 Clean Air Act, the United States automobile industry argued that meeting the act’s standards for automobile emissions was neither economically feasible nor environmentally necessary.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

25.

Which one of the following, if true, lends the most support to the automakers’ current position?

  1. Correct

    The more stringent the legislation

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    75% picked this

  2. Emissions-restriction technology can often be

    Trap

    8% picked this

  3. Not every new piece of

    Trap

    5% picked this

  4. The more automobiles there are

    Trap

    4% picked this

  5. Unless forced to do so

    Trap

    7% picked this

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