Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT3 S4 Q21 Explanation

Leona: If the average consumption

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Stimulus

Leona: If the average consumption of eggs in the United States were cut in half, an estimated 5,000 saved each year.

Thomas: How can that be? That would mean that if people adopt this single change in diet for ten years, the population ten years from now will be it otherwise would have been.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

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.

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The question
21.

Which one of the following is a statement that Leona could offer Thomas to clarify her own claim and to address the

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    It is possible for the population to grow by 5,000 people for every year if the base year chosen for purposes of comparison is

  2. Correct73% picked this

    It is accurate to say that 5,000 lives have been saved as long as 5,000 people who would have died in a given year

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap7% picked this

    If egg consumption were reduced by more than half, the estimated number of lives saved each year could

  4. Trap13% picked this

    The actual rate of population growth depends not only on the birth rate, but also on

  5. Trap4% picked this

    For the average consumption of eggs to be cut by half, many individual consumers would have to cut their own consumption

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