PT124.S2.Q8

PrepTest 124 - Section 2 - Question 8

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Travel writer: Conclusion A vacationer should choose an airline that has had an accident in the past 5 years. ██████ ████ ███ ████ █████████████████ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ███ █ ████████ █████ █ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ ████ █ ██████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ████ ████ █ █████ ███ ██████████

Method of Reasoning

The travel writer knows that the average airline has 1 accident every 5 years, and so concludes that each individual airline is likely to have roughly 1 crash every 5 years—if there’s been a crash in the past 5 years, the airline probably isn’t due for another one yet.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is a misunderstanding of averages! It’s quite possible that one airline could have a lot more than 1 crash every 5 years, and a bunch of other airlines have 0 crashes every 5 years to balance out the average. Don’t take the travel writer’s advice—try to fly with airlines that don’t crash very often!

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8.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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