PT18.S4.Q10

PrepTest 18 - Section 4 - Question 10

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Hindsight Breakdown

Here’s a list of claims from the stimulus, with certain elements emphasized for reasons that will become clear in the answer choices:

  1. Almost all [recent] books have acid in them.
  2. If a book has acid in it, it is gradually deteriorating.
  3. Deterioration can be slowed [by keeping cool].
  4. In the future, there will be methods of deacidifying books.
  5. Probably: if a book is insignificant, no deacidifying methods will ever be applied to it.
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10.

If all of the statements ██ ███ ███████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██ █████

a

If a book ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ███ █████ ███ ██ ████████████ ██████████████ ██ ████ ████████ ███████████ ███████████

b

Almost all of ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ███ █████ ████ █████████ ███████ ███████████

c

Almost all of ███ █████ ████ █████████ ███████████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ██████

d

If a book ██ ██ ██████████ ████████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ████████████

e

Books published on ██████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ██ ██ █████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██████████████

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