Logical Reasoning

PT3 · S4 · Q21 Leona: If the average consumption

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

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.

21.

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

  1. It is possible for the

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. Correct

    It is accurate to say

    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.

    73% picked this

  3. If egg consumption were reduced

    Trap

    7% picked this

  4. The actual rate of population

    Trap

    13% picked this

  5. For the average consumption of

    Trap

    4% picked this

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