Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT7 S1 Q25 Explanation

Police statistics have shown

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

Police statistics have shown that automobile antitheft devices reduce the risk of car theft, but a statistical study of automobile theft by the automobile insurance industry claims that cars equipped with antitheft devices are, than cars that are not so equipped.

What this question is testing

Paradox

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
25.

Which one of the following, if true, does the most to resolve

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    Owners of stolen cars almost invariably report the theft immediately to the police but tend to delay notifying their insurance company, in the hope

  2. Trap3% picked this

    Most cars that are stolen are not equipped with antitheft devices, and most cars that are equipped with

  3. Trap6% picked this

    The most common automobile antitheft devices are audible alarms, which typically produce ten false alarms for

  4. Correct82% picked this

    Automobile owners who have particularly theft-prone cars and live in areas of greatest incidence of car theft are those who are most

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap3% picked this

    Most automobile thefts are the work of professional thieves against whose efforts antitheft devices

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