Literally who is drawing that out correctly. Not me

Huh?

I was stuck on this section for 3 weeks. After reading some of the responses in the comments i was finally able to understand and make progress.

Thanks for the great explanations in the comments. I had a mini panic attack when i didn’t understand the video or explanation.

My problem is that i get used to the difficult questions that I then overthink the simplest ones and get the wrong smh

Finally

These questions are brutal

Very impressed by the way this is framed and explained.I feel like i learned so much!

Hit the like if you get the easy ones wrong and the hard ones right

So if you are like me I originally determined that the premise was "Before the increase in fuel prices, people with average incomes could afford to drive their cars frequently for leisure activities and I surmised that the conclusion was "However, the rise in fuel prices has now made it costly for them to engage in such activities. Apparenly i was wrong, so I deciphered this question in a simpler way.

Going back to basics:

A premise: Gives support.

A conclusion: Receives support.

A premise + conclusion= argument

And the statement "Before the increase in fuel prices people with average incomes could afford to drive their cars frequently." doesn't really give support to said conclusion "the rise in fuel prices has made it costly to engage in such activities", and likewise the conclusion doesn't receive the support needed to make it an arguement, so therefore it is also a statement.

would be different if an additional statement were added like, " Therefore people are driving their cars less frequently" and then we would have the following argument:

Premise : Before the increase in fuel prices, people with average incomes could afford to drive their cars frequently for leisure activities. However, the rise in fuel prices has now made it costly for them to engage in such activities

Conclusion: Therefore now people are driving their cars less frequently

But idk correct me if I'm wrong.

This question has me questioning my I.Q.