Self-paced
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Summary
There are between 70 and 100 Florida panthers alive today.
In the 1970s, there were much fewer than 70-100 Florida panthers living.
If the Florida panther population is to be self-sustaining, it must grow to a minimum of 250 panthers.
The habitat where the Florida panthers currently live is not large enough to support any more panthers than it does today.
Notable Valid Inferences
The Florida panther population cannot be self-sustaining in their current habitat.
In order for the Florida panther population to become self-sustaining, they would need to live in a larger habitat.
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If the statements above are █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██ █████
a
Some part of ███ █████████ ███████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ████████ ████████
Could be false. The stimulus gives us no information about the quality of the habitat; we only know about its size. It’s possible that the habitat is of excellent quality and would be the perfect place for the Florida panther population if only the area were larger!
b
If the population ██ ███████ ████████ ████ ███████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ████████████████
Could be false. The stimulus tells us that it’s necessary for the Florida panther population to reach 250 in order for the population to be self-sustaining, but it doesn’t tell us that such population growth would be sufficient to ensure self-sustainment.
c
Unless Florida panthers ███████ █ ██████ ████████ █████ ██████████ ████ ███ ██ ████████████████
Must be true. In order for Florida panthers to be self-sustaining, their population must grow; in order for their population to grow, they must live in a larger habitat. Therefore, in order for Florida panthers to be self-sustaining, they must acquire a larger habitat!
d
The population of ███████ ████████ ████ █████ ████████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████
Could be false. If the Florida panthers acquire a larger habitat, the stimulus gives us no reason to believe that their population couldn’t increase greatly!
e
Today, Florida panthers ██████ █ ██████ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ██ ███ ██████
Could be false. The stimulus gives us no reason to believe that the Florida panthers occupied a different habitat in the 1970s than they do today.