ahhhh "the consultant's statements" so based off of the stimulus which one of the answer choices is most strongly supported (top>down) vs a strengthen question, which would've asked which one of the answer choices strengthened or, if true, most strongly supported the stimulus (bottom>up). I saw "if true" and "most strongly supported" and jumped to strengthen as the question type

A service economy is a system where the vast majority of economic value and employment comes from providing intangible value or actions (e.g., healthcare, legal counsel, hospitality, banking, or education).

Broad generalizations are wide-reaching statements, not narrow ones. You can't have a broad generalization flaw if the conclusion is only about what happens "sometimes"

@zsamine "tend" is a probability statement rather than an absolute rule like "all politicians are isolated" so a valid contrapositive flip is not possible

@zsamine The cause is not necessary. Secretive business is justa factor that "tends" to contribute

Prose: any spoken or written language that follows the natural flow of ordinary speech and standard grammatical structures.

I chose E because I thought it was the contrapositive. I now realize that Conditional logic allows for a valid contrapositive, but causal logic (which is what the stimulus uses ) does not . Causal claims ( A causes B) cannot be reversed because causes must precede their effects in time, and a single effect can have multiple independent causes.

Ugh. Sneaky

Manifest - "to show something clearly"

"Question" = weaken, challenge, doubt validity. Answer choice E says "in order to question" the word question confused me and caused me not to pick it.

"Question" here means to weaken, challenge, or doubt logical validity. I got hung on the word “question” on answer choice E and didn’t pick it.

I don't think I’m understanding what the passage means by “enriched plots”

2 Options:

Unpopular to the faculty

Or

Unpopular to the students

/unpopular with faculty = unpopular with students

/unpopular with students = unpopular with faculty

-unpopular to faculty —> we should modify

-unpopular to students —> we should adopt a new policy

E: popular with faculty —> adopt a new policy

Being popular here is another way to say /unpopular

E is correct because we know that if it’s popular to faculty then it must be unpopular among students. Unpopularity among students means we should adopt a new policy.

I had to see that answer choice A doesn’t follow the same order of the stimulus and that answer choice D doesn’t present reverse causation.

Stimulus:

Correlation

Causation

Reverse causation

Answer A:

Reverse causation

Correlation

Causation

Getting this answer right hinges on the fact that the conclusion is talking about what it takes to be "healthier" in general.

The premises are saying that heart disease in France probably isn't that high because of the high red wine consumption.

Going from heart disease to a conclusion about red wine’s ability to improve one’s health in general is the issue.

B is correct because it challenges the idea that it (red wine) could make you healthier by introducing the possibility of other illnesses.

"Lower than B minus" = C+ and below

“Most” = More than half

Students who took Spanish 101:

• Most (more than half) attended every class

• All who received a C+ and below, missed at least one class

We know that nobody in that second group is in the first group because. They missed at least one class. The students who received a C+ and below missed at least one class.

That leaves us with the rest of the grades (B-,B,B+,A-,A,A+)

Everyone in the first group (more than half) went to every class.

We can infer that the folks in group one had grades that were above a C + (B- minus or higher)

E- “More than half of the students received a grade of B minus or higher”

@GrahamSC This is exactly what I did. I see now that the word “also” in answer choice A lets us know that this underground deposit supplied the ancient mine with gold.

@raynap18 what do you mean by “// flaw reasoning”? Double negatives?

'If all " seems to be speaking to a hypothetical situation. The conclusion is made based off of this hypothetical "all" that may or may no not happen. B highlights the possibility that the “all” may not happen.

A counterexample is a specific example or instance that contradicts and disproves a universal statement or generalization. It demonstrates that a rule or claim is false by presenting a single case where the rule does not hold true.

Appreciable seemed too strong

Outset" most commonly refers to the start, beginning, or inception of something.

Meaning: The initial stage or start of an event, process, or period.

“Can currently be reached by drilling” is the word I overlooked entirely

It didn't even cross my mind that two people could be simultaneously liable.

I didn't connect for some reason that Linda was also a soccer player