Logical Reasoning

PT9 · S4 · Q12 Some accountants calculate with simple adding machines

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Some accountants calculate with simple adding machines, and some use complex computers.

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

12.

Which one of the following is an assumption that would make the conclusion in the passage a logical one?

  1. More accountants use computers than

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. The more hours an accountant

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Correct

    The more calculations an accountant

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    93% picked this

  4. An accountant who uses an

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. In general, accountants vary in

    Trap

    2% picked this

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