Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT4 S4 Q7 Explanation

A certain retailer promotes merchandise

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

A certain retailer promotes merchandise by using the

At all times there is either a “manager’s sale” or a “holiday sale” or both going on. All sales are run for exactly one calendar month. In any given month, if a manager wishes to clear out a particular line of merchandise, then a manager’s sale is declared. If a holiday merchandise in the warehouse, then a holiday sale is declared.

However, there is no holiday that falls within the month of August and, in that month, contains excess merchandise.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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.

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The question
7.

Which one of the following can be concluded from

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    If a holiday falls within a given month and there is no extra merchandise in the warehouse that month, then

  2. Trap10% picked this

    If a holiday sale is not being run, then it is the

  3. Trap7% picked this

    If a manager’s sale is being run in some month, then there is no excess merchandise in the

  4. Correct69% picked this

    If there is not a manager’s sale being run in some month, then there is a holiday sale

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap10% picked this

    If there is no excess merchandise in the warehouse, then it is the

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