Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT6 S3 Q24 Explanation

Rumored declines in automobile-industry revenues

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Stimulus

Rumored declines in automobile-industry revenues are exaggerated. It is true that automobile manufacturers’ share of the industry’s revenues fell from 65 percent two years ago to 50 percent today, but over the same period suppliers of automobile parts had their share increase from 15 percent to 20 percent and their share increase from 20 percent to 30 percent.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
24.

Which one of the following best indicates why the statistics given above provide by themselves no evidence for the conclusion they

Answer choices

  1. Trap10% picked this

    The possibility is left open that the statistics for manufacturers’ share of revenues come from a different source

  2. Correct64% picked this

    No matter what changes the automobile industry’s overall revenues undergo, the total of all shares of these revenues

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap11% picked this

    No explanation is given for why the revenue shares of different sectors of

  4. Trap10% picked this

    Manufacturers and parts companies depend for their revenue on dealers’ success

  5. Trap5% picked this

    Revenues are an important factor but are not the only factor

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