Logical Reasoning

PT6 · S2 · Q10 All of John’s friends say

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All of John’s friends say they know someone who has smoked 40 cigarettes a day for the past 40 years and yet who is really fit and well.

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.

10.

If the statements in the passage are true, then which one of the following must also be true?

  1. Smokers often lie about how

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. People often knowingly exaggerate without

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. All John’s friends know the

    Trap

    12% picked this

  4. Most of John’s friends are

    Trap

    7% picked this

  5. Correct

    Some of John’s friends are

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    73% picked this

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