The difference between C and D, is my own assumptions.

D) presupposes the mainstream theory to be true

C) doesn't, C looks as the mainstream theory as still being capable of truth or falsehood.

My own error in thinking is I cannot assume that the mainstream theory is true just b/c the author used it as support.

I got this wrong because I did not understand the implications of what the paragraph was ACTUALLY saying altogether.

Tbh I didn't understand the passage enough for me to get this question right and I accept that.

How I understood (B) being the correct answer: since the reporters worked at the company for 10 years, they wouldn't need the training because the workers would technically be experienced. This being known, this does not justify the reasoning for the low salaries, therefore, weakening the argument.

I got this question wrong because I misread the argument.

After reviewing I realized that the argument is basically saying, "Hey, the public should not worry about the chemical leakage from the plant because all chemicals that are put on the market are ALREADY considered safe. Since the chemicals have ALREADY been tested by the government/federal agencies and ALREADY deemed safe then even if the chemical contaminates the water there is no initial harm because the government ALREADY deemed the chemical safe through federal mandatory testing."

Answer choice (C) is saying that the drugs in the market were recently tested and the chemicals are not actually safe, so the public SHOULD be concerned about the chemical leaking, therefore, weakening the argument.

I think C is incorrect b/c "paid more than current minimum wage" can mean 1% more. If this were the case then this isn't necessary for the argument. It can still be true that the 5% can decrease the museums operating expenses.

A saying "significantly more" is basically ensuring that the "increase" isn't minuscule but more than 5%.

I initially got the answer correct only because all the other answer choices felt really wrong.

(A)----> Did not relate to the question stem

(C) (D) (E) ----> I felt like the answer choices were all doing too much and were all too specific that there was too much room to make assumptions that were not required

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I understood D to be the correct answer because you can be going 0 miles per hour in both situations, whether you're stuck in horrible traffic or stopped at a stop sign BUT you cannot be going 1-5 miles per hour in both situations. D works because it closely parallels Levin's analogy, C is more exclusive, it doesn't fully apply to both parts of the analogy.

Substitute the word "century" for the letter (D) with "life." It makes so much sense regarding the context of the argument, just worded kinda weird.

"on like what, the strength of your 12 fossils" 😂

"you're not, you're just trying to answer question 9 correctly" 😂