PT110.S3.Q25

PrepTest 110 - Section 3 - Question 25

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The Structure We Need to Match

Jordan presents a dilemma. A business faces two options, and both lead somewhere bad. If it invests in ecologically sound practices, its market share decreases. If it doesn't, it pollutes and wastes resources. Either way, the business loses.

Terry responds by undermining one side of the dilemma. If all businesses are held to the same environmental standard by consumers, then no particular business will be especially hurt by implementing those practices. In other words, the first bad outcome (losing market share) doesn't have to follow from investing in ecological practices.

Anticipation

We need to find an answer where Jordan presents two options that each lead to an undesirable result, and Terry responds by showing that one of those options doesn't necessarily lead to its bad result. Both parts need to match: Jordan's dilemma structure and Terry's specific way of defusing one side of it.

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25.

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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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