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Can anyone explain Q 22 for me? Why is the right answer D & not E? I’m also confused about diagramming this one.
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@97082 thank you so much for detailing that further-appreciate it!
Just to add on, I don't think fixating on "contributing" will lead to a fuller understanding of why E is wrong. E is wrong because it isn't strong enough to be a sufficient assumption and make the argument 100% valid -- it feels almost like a necessary assumption, but it isn't even that.
The two premises are 1) The country is currently investing very little into new tech and 2) This pattern is going to continue in subsequent years
What we need to do is connect these two premises to show that they do not lead to a "notable increase in productivity"
E doesn't address the second premise, so that's the red flag. E does match up with premise 1, in that the current technology being invested in is not leading to a lot of productivity, so we're safe there, but we know nothing about what will happen in the future, given in premise 2. Just because this pattern is bound to continue doesn't mean that we won't have notable productivity (unless we say so with something like D) -- you could invest very little in tech and somehow hit a goldmine innovation that leads to productivity.
D precludes that possibility, so it's much better than E. The reason I say D feels like a necessary assumption but it actually isn't is because of what @97082 points out with "contributing." I think it's a bit too strong to be a NA -- a NA would more like "current investment in technology is not increasing productivity."
@97082 thank you so much!
1st sentence: $ increase ---> P increase -- which can be rewritten as ~(P increase) ---> ~($ increase)
2nd sentence, 1st part (conclusion): ~($ increase)
2nd sentence, 2nd part: Little invest
This is a sufficient assumption question. We are looking for an answer choice that would lead us to ~($ increase). With the two premises, I would think that the correct answer choice would be something like
Little invest ---> ~(P increase)
and that is what (D) expresses.
(E) is wrong because no premise discusses contributing to increasing productivity.