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A is incorrect because it is talking about the end of the 1800s when our stimulus is talking about the mid 1800s. That difference in time period is what makes A wrong.

C is correct, because it gives an explanation for why they didn't increase in prosperity. The prices for the other things they sold went down, so they weren't making as much money in those areas. I initially thought this answer choice requires an assumption that they didn't make so much in wool that it cancels out the loss from the price decrease of the other products. But even though it requires that assumption, it still fixes the paradox. Although it doesn't fix in the way that I like, it's still better than the other answers.

I think this is one of the answer choices that you will get from process of elimination. Once you realize A is wrong and all of the other answer choices don't match up, then you have no other choice but to pick C.

B is incorrect, because it doesn't resolve the paradox. We already know that they're making a ton more in the international markets, so what's happening in the domestic market isn't super impactful.

D is incorrect, because we know that the family earned substantially more from wool sales, so this doesn't apply

E is incorrect, because it leaves more questions than answers. We don't know if this family is among the group that made their living exclusively from wool sales. And even if we did know that, wouldn't that make their prosperity more likely?

I feel like my biggest error was reading too quickly and glancing over the answer choices. One takeaway, is to make sure the time period being referenced in the answer choice is relevant to the stimulus. I also have to remember that it's ok if I don't LOVE an answer choice. If it does what it needs to do, then it's correct.

@listening I think "most accurately expresses the flaw" is referring to the answer choices and not all of the possible flaws that exists. The explanation for D reminds you that this argument has other flaws that aren't mentioned in the answer choices and is just reminding you that this type of argument has other flaws that could show up. My initial prediction was that this is a cost/benefit flaw, but that wasn't here, so I had to find a better answer choice.

I got this question right through process of elimination, but didn't necessarily love any of the answer choices and I didn't really understand the correct one, so I think it's important to go through each answer choice to explain exactly why they were right/wrong:

A-x Her premise does not contradict the conclusion

B-x She doesn't make any assumptions or mentions of his character

c-^ This is a sufficient/necessary problem.

Joesph's argument is:

/proven -> lying or mistaken and the contrapositive is /lying or mistaken -> proven

Laura claims:

proven -> /lying or mistaken

Laura is taking the necessary condition (proven, which is the necessary condition of the contrapositive) and making it a sufficient condition. That's her mistake, which matches C

D-x Not defining provable isn't the problem with this argument. The term is not ambiguous.

E-x Felt like word salad. So I'll break it down:

-A true claim that has mistakenly been believed to be false- assuming this is talking about the theorem's provability

-A false claim that has mistakenly been believed to be true- assuming this is talking about Fermant lying or being mistaken.

Now that it's broken down, I don't believe that it's descriptively accurate or the flaw of the argument.

I got the correct answer via process of elimination, and I think that may be the best route for anyone struggling with this question. Even if you don't recognize that it's a sufficient/necessary problem, A, B and D can automatically be eliminated, because they're not close. And then you can decide between E and C. And I think you can eliminate E off of "fails to distinguish." I don't think her overall flaw is failing to distinguish between 2 things. So even if you don't want to sit there and understand what the rest of the ac means, the first part is enough to make you eliminate.

I was between A and C, but eventually settled for C because of the phrase "better" in answer choice A. We don't know if they desire something better, we just know what they desire is different. Which is why C is a better fit.

B is incorrect for me, because we just don't know anything about other ideals. So it wouldn't be supported.

D is incorrect because we don't know if it can't be realized. All we know is that people have a different opinion of a good life that doesn't match western tradition.

E- I felt like it was too strong and we don't know what is "accurate" just know what people believe/want.

I can understand why B is supported and E is unsupported. Any tips for easily recognizing something like B would be the correct answer instead of assuming it's wrong on the first pass?

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