Logical Reasoning

PT4 · S1 · Q14 The average level of fat in

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The average level of fat in the blood of people suffering from acute cases of disease W is lower than the average level for the population as a whole.

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.

14.

Which one of the following, if true, does most to justify this apparently paradoxical belief?

  1. The blood level of fat

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. Several of the symptoms characteristic

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    The progression from latent to

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    81% picked this

  4. The levels of fat in

    Trap

    11% picked this

  5. High levels of fat in

    Trap

    4% picked this

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