Logical Reasoning

PT9 · S4 · Q1 People who accuse the postal service

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People who accuse the postal service of incompetence and inefficiency while complaining of the proposed five-cent increase in postal rates do not know a bargain when they see one.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

1.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument

  1. suggests that the postal service

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. claims that the proposed increase

    Trap

    9% picked this

  3. Correct

    confuses the value of the

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    82% picked this

  4. appeals to an outside authority

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. fails to establish whether or

    Trap

    0% picked this

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