PT113.S2.Q26

PrepTest 113 - Section 2 - Question 26

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The Argument Structure

This argument requires us to track three things: a mineral (tanzanite), a location (Tanzania), and a person (Ashley). All known tanzanite is found in Tanzania. Ashley collects only tanzanite. Therefore, Ashley is unlikely to collect a stone not from Tanzania.

Tanzania
all known tanzanite
Ashley
collects only tanzanite
Thus, Ashley is unlikely to collect a stone not from Tanzania

The reasoning pattern has three key features to match:

1. All known X is found in location Y (not "all X," just all known X)
2. Z interacts only with X
3. Therefore, Z is unlikely to interact with something outside Y (not "will never," just unlikely)

The cautious language in the conclusion ("unlikely") matters. The stimulus says "all known deposits" (not all deposits) and concludes Ashley is "unlikely" to collect a non-Tanzanian stone (not that she never will). This is careful reasoning: since there could be undiscovered tanzanite elsewhere, the conclusion is probabilistic rather than absolute. The correct answer should match this caution.

What to Look For

We need an answer where all three parts line up: all known X is in Y, Z interacts only with X, and the conclusion says Z is unlikely (not certain) to interact with something outside Y.

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26.

Which one of the following ██ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████

a

The lagoon on █████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ██████ █████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ████████ █████ ███ ████ █████ ████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████

b

Every frog ever ████ ██ █████ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ █████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ███ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████

c

Frogs are the ████ ███████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██████ ████████ ██ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████

d

The only frogs ███ ██████████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██████ ████████ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ████████ █████ ███ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████

e

Each frog on █████ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██ █████ ██████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████

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