Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S4 · Q4 All people residing in the country

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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.

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.

4.

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

  1. Correct

    High-temperature incineration minimizes the overall

    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.

    86% picked this

  2. High-temperature incineration is more expensive

    Trap

    7% picked this

  3. High-temperature incineration will be carried

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. The toxic fumes generated within

    Trap

    4% picked this

  5. The substantial cost of high-temperature

    Trap

    1% picked this

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