I also got this question right at first but then I changed my answer. I think the concept is philosophical so it is slightly hard. What helped me was thinking about alturism is not moral in relation to reason plays a role in moral behavior. These two concepts are related and it seems like the last sentence supports the second to last sentence. Boil down the sentences. At the core one sentence says some acts are not moral. The other sentence says reason has a role in moral behavior. Non-moral acts include reason. Therefore, the last two sentences support claim D.

@tbrown32 Thank you! This helps a lot

@esimone98 I think the idea is that some is a bidirectional relationship so when you negate it and say no glpc are avaliable to undergrads it is also the same as glpc are not avaliable to undergrads.

@jadendhaser Think about it like this. The department only has the funding to allow him to do 15 inspections. 10 of them are conducted on Monday. However, there are approximately 52 Mondays in a year. Therefore, just because an inspection is conducted on Monday does NOT mean that on most mondays there will be inspections. Case in point, he conducts inspections 10/52 Mondays which is less than half.

@8M_M8 The prefix ir for irrationally means that it actually is negating the idea that they responded rationally. He captured it as NOT rational response which seems to be the same as irrationally. Hope this helps!

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@benjimaa719 This sentence is actually NOT a conclusion for question 5. Instead it is functioning as a sub conclusion. Both sentences "But this is not a sustainable, long term solution" and "they should stop producing food waste and shut down operations immediately" express opinons. However, the reason the second NOT the first sentence is a conclusion is because it expresses a more complete idea and builds off the first one. The second sentence further explains what should be done since it is not a sustainable long term conclusion. It builds off the first minor conclusion. Does that make sense?

I'll try to give a simpler example. For instance,

Scientists say that the sugar in the cake makes it taste delicious. But I disagree. Since all cakes have sugar and some people don't like a cake regardless, it is actually the flavor of the cake NOT the sugar that matters.

I hope that helps!

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A most likely true argument: A cupcake is desert. It has a lot of sugar. Yet, people still eat it. An assumption is that it is delicious. This is reasonable and most likely true.

@AutonomousTacticalTheory I think the issue is that although language is a form of communication, comparing languages does not show support that the languages have existed for a long time.

I think this may help anyone who is struggling with the answer choices. So I initially got this question wrong. I then got it right in BR. I knew A was wrong because this may be true but it does not answer the question why it does not need to be increased. B functions as a counterargument. It goes against author's tone. There is something else occuring. C. It is too strong because the statistics can help support or illustrate an idea but prove states without a doubt x will happen. D. It is tricky because it seems like this due to diverging rates however this does not mean there is absolutely NO relationship. It just may be that it is a weak correlation. E. This is best because it seems to take in account author's pov.

@moonstars5678 Another way you could think of this is that the clause "the consumers are buying more durable goods than before" is evidence which supports the conclusion. Evidence is generally assumed to be true to support a line of reasoning, so it cannot be an inference. If the evidence were not true, it would weaken the line of reasoning. Hence, the author generally uses facts or supported evidence. Therefore, eliminate D.

Here is how I interpreted it: I chose A at first because it was right and the prompt explicity referenced it. However, it was not an assumption it was explicit which is why A is wrong. B, C and E are automatically wrong since they are too strong. B and D use words like any and best which is stronger than the stimulus's tone. E it says that future needs are more important but the prompt argues for a combination. Therefore, D is the best answer since usually words like for, since, because trigger a premise and after the premise there is a conclusion.