Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S1 · Q8 It was once believed that cells

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It was once believed that cells grown in laboratory tissue cultures were essentially immortal.

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.

8.

If the information above is accurate, a liver cell in which more than 60 divisions took place in a tissue culture cannot be which one of the following?

  1. an abnormal human liver cell

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. Correct

    a normal human liver cell

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    86% picked this

  3. a normal cell that came

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. a normal liver cell that

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. an abnormal cell from the

    Trap

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