Certain instruments used in veterinary

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TopicsMust be False

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Stimulus

Certain instruments used in veterinary surgery can be made either of stainless steel or of nylon. In a study of such instruments, 50 complete sterilizations of a set of nylon instruments required 3.4 times the amount of energy used to manufacture that set of instruments, whereas 50 complete sterilizations of a amount of energy required to manufacture that set of instruments.

What this question is testing

Must be False

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

17.

If the statements above are true, each of the following could be

Answer choices

Trap2% picked this
The 50 complete sterilizations of the nylon instruments used more energy than did the 50 complete sterilizations of
2%
Correct47% picked this
More energy was required for each complete sterilization of the nylon instruments than was required to
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.
47%
Trap36% picked this
More nylon instruments than stainless steel instruments were sterilized in
36%
Trap11% picked this
More energy was used to produce the stainless steel instruments than was used to produce
11%
Trap4% picked this
The total cost of 50 complete sterilizations of the stainless steel instruments was greater than the cost of
4%

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