Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT5 S3 Q23 Explanation

There are about 75 brands

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

There are about 75 brands of microwave popcorn on the market; altogether, they account for a little over half of the money from sales of microwave food products. It takes three minutes to pop corn in the microwave, compared to seven minutes to pop corn conventionally. Yet by weight, microwave popcorn typically are willing to pay a high price for just a little additional convenience.

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
23.

If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must

Answer choices

  1. Trap7% picked this

    No single brand of microwave popcorn accounts for a large share of microwave

  2. Trap1% picked this

    There are more brands of microwave popcorn on the market than there are of any

  3. Trap26% picked this

    By volume, more microwave popcorn is sold than is

  4. Correct59% picked this

    More money is spent on microwave food products that take three minutes or less to cook than on microwave food products

    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. Trap8% picked this

    Of the total number of microwave food products on the market, most are

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