Logical Reasoning

PT9 · S4 · Q15 New types of washing machines

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New types of washing machines designed to consume less energy also extract less water from laundry during their final spin cycles than do washing machines that consume somewhat more energy.

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.

15.

In which one of the following is the pattern of reasoning most parallel to that in the argument above?

  1. The more skill required to

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. There are two routes between

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. The more people who work

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Correct

    Pine is a less expensive

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    86% picked this

  5. The more weights added to

    Trap

    4% picked this

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