Logical Reasoning

PT9 · S2 · Q17 Certain instruments used in veterinary

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Certain instruments used in veterinary surgery can be made either of stainless steel or of nylon.

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.

17.

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

  1. The 50 complete sterilizations of

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. Correct

    More energy was required for

    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% picked this

  3. More nylon instruments than stainless

    Trap

    36% picked this

  4. More energy was used to

    Trap

    11% picked this

  5. The total cost of 50

    Trap

    4% picked this

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