Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S4 · Q5 Elena: While I was at the dog

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Elena: While I was at the dog show, every dog that growled at me was a white poodle, and every white poodle I saw growled at me.

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.

5.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from Elena’s statement?

  1. The only white dogs that

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. There were no gray poodles

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. Correct

    At the dog show, no

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    80% picked this

  4. All the white dogs that

    Trap

    10% picked this

  5. Elena did not see any

    Trap

    2% picked this

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