Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT8 S4 Q4 Explanation

All people residing in the country

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

All people residing in the country of Gradara approve of legislation requiring that certain hazardous wastes be disposed of by being burned in modern high-temperature incinerators. However, waste disposal companies planning to build such incinerators encounter fierce resistance to their applications for building that those companies propose as an incinerator site.

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
4.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the residents’ simultaneously holding both of the

Answer choices

  1. Correct86% picked this

    High-temperature incineration minimizes the overall risk to the human population of the country from the wastes being disposed of, but it concentrates the remaining

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap7% picked this

    High-temperature incineration is more expensive than any of the available alternatives would be, and the higher costs would be

  3. Trap2% picked this

    High-temperature incineration will be carried out by private companies rather than by a government agency so that the government will not

  4. Trap4% picked this

    The toxic fumes generated within a high-temperature incinerator can be further treated so that all toxic residues from a

  5. Trap1% picked this

    The substantial cost of high-temperature incineration can be partially offset by revenue from sales of electric energy generated

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