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Hi guys my name is Aly! I'm looking for a study group or more like a group chat where we can discuss problems that were really difficult for us and we wanted other peoples opinions on. My diagnostic score was in the high 160s and I really want to get my understanding up in order to raise my score into the high 170s. I would love to go back and forth with people about the substance behind questions because that is how I really learn. I would love to chat with other people that learn the same way!
@SophiaKarahalios I think you are on the right page for AC C, because you are right that they don't specify the amount of potassium it had to be to negate however much sodium, so it is completely possible that could be that any small amount of potassium cancels out any amount of sodium like you said.
I crossed out AC C because it is very specific as it sates "Food processing businesses often add sodium." If you think about what is required for the argument to be true, it seems like that a lot of separate things that are required: 1) Food processing businesses add sodium to frozen or canned foods; 2) they do this on purpose; 3) They do it often. When you separate it out like that you can see that the argument can't require THAT much.
AC E isn't super strong to me because it doesn't say directly why the author wants us to eat fresh rather then canned or frozen, so it could be for any reason. But this requires a lot less then AC B and in-context the author most likely wants us to eat fresh because it has more potassium. So even though it doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted that way, it is a solid interpretation, and just because an AC doesn't have to be true in other interps. of the text doesn't mean it's not correct.
I really hope this helped!
I wonder if D said "Potassium in fruits and vegetables has few negative cardiac side effects" if it would be correct. Since the argument states "to maintain cardiac health without lowering sodium consumption," if potassium in fruits and vegetables harmed cardiac health that would necessary harm the argument.
@kwangleestuff519 HAHA I totally agree that E is not necessary, so I was also mad at this question. However, you can interpret the passage so that the author prefers fresh to canned or frozen because of potassium, as it is the factor-in-question that the author is caring about. Under this interp. it is clear that E would be required. Even though under different-- valid--interps. it would not be doesn't actually prevent it from being a correct AC. However, this interp. is quite a stretch so it is maddening.