Logical Reasoning

PT7 · S1 · Q11 In 1990 major engine repairs

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In 1990 major engine repairs were performed on 10 percent of the cars that had been built by the National Motor Company in the 1970s and that were still registered.

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.

11.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the discrepancy?

  1. Government motor vehicle regulations generally

    Trap

    3% picked this

  2. Owners of new cars tend

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    The older a car is,

    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.

    86% picked this

  4. The cars that the National

    Trap

    7% picked this

  5. Many of the repairs that

    Trap

    2% picked this

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