Logical Reasoning

PT23 · S2 · Q12 Political theorist: The vast majority

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Political theorist: The vast majority of countries that have a single political party have corrupt national governments, but some countries with a plurality of parties also have corrupt national governments.

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12.

If all of the political theorist's statements are true, which one of the following must also be true?

Every country with weak local
Trap
Bad Trigger Match Too Strong: all countries with weak local
1% picked this
Correct
Some countries with weak local
Why this is right
Answer B is correct.
Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
82% picked this
Some countries with weak local
Out of Scope: non-corrupt governments
Out of Scope: non-corrupt governments
6% picked this
The majority of countries with
Trap
Bad Trigger Match Too Strong: most weak local countries
6% picked this
Fewer multiparty countries than single-party
Unsupported Comparison: fewer
Unsupported Comparison: fewer
5% picked this

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