PTC.S2.Q22 - One can be at home and be in the backyard..

andrea.leclerc-1

what is prep test c and why are there no explanations for it? can't google it either

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iolaw-12

The correct answer is C because ­the claim that "one can be at home without being in one's house" is a claim that is compatible with either the truth or falsity of the conclusion because technically it does not directly connect to the conclusion.

The second sentence of the stimulus is the one that directly connects to the conclusion; paraphrased the second sentence tells us that you don't necessarily have to be at home for it to be possible for you to be in your house and the conclusion reads "being at home is not required for being in one's own house." These are telling us the same thing.

However, this question is asking about the first sentence, which paraphrased tells us that you don't necessarily have to be in your house for it to be possible for you to be at home. This could remain true whether or not the conclusion was true or false.

If that's confusing here's a simpler analogy to consider: someone claims that "Something doesn't have to be a square for it to be a rectangle" and then they conclude that "Something doesn't have to be a rectangle for it to be a square."
How are that claim and conclusion related? They're not. The claim could remain true whether or not the conclusion was true or false (and in this case it would be false).