PT130.S3.Q21

PrepTest 130 - Section 3 - Question 21

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Summary

Taking blood pressure medication may have bad side effects, and some lifestyle changes reduce blood pressure just as effectively as medication does. Those lifestyles changes are therefore a healthier way to reduce blood pressure.

Notable Assumptions

The argument’s support only states that the lifestyle changes are effective for reducing blood pressure before concluding that those lifestyle changes are healthier than medication (because of the medication’s unhealthy side effects). It does not, however, state anything about potential side effects of the lifestyle changes. There is no easy way to compare which is healthier. There’s therefore some missing assumption telling us that the lifestyle changes have fewer unhealthy side effects than the medication.

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21.

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

a

Other than medication, ███ ████ ███ ██ ██████ █████ ████████ ██ ██ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████ ██ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ █████ ██████

b

If it is █████████ ██ ████ ██ █ █████████ ██████ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ██████ █████ █████████ ████ ████ █████████ ██████ ███████ █████ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ███████████ ██ ██████████ █████

c

The side effects, ██ ████ ██ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ █████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ██████ █████ ████████ ███ ████ █████████ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ██ ██████ █████ █████████

d

If an alternative ██ ██████████ ████████ █ ███████ █████████ ████ ██ ███████████ ██ ██████████ █████ ████ ██ ██ ██████ █████████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ███████████ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███████ ██████████

e

If two different ███████ ██ ████████ █ ███████ █████████ ████ ███████ ████ ████████ ████ ██ ██ █████████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████ █████████ ███████

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