PT105.S1.Q26

PrepTest 105 - Section 1 - Question 26

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Marion knows that the bridge on her usual route is closed and that, Support unless she takes the train instead of driving, she can get to work on time only by leaving at least 45 minutes early. ███ ████ ██ ██ ███ ████████████ ████ ██████ ███████ ███ █████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ████ ███ ██ ████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██████████ █████ ███ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██████ ██████ █████ █████ ████ ███ █████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that Marion can’t avoid being late for work. He supports this with four premises:

(1) Marion hates taking the train.

(2) If she doesn’t take the train, she must leave 45 minutes early to be on time for work.

(3) If she leaves 45 minutes early, her bank won’t be open yet.

(4) She must stop at her bank before leaving for work (so she can’t leave 45 minutes early).

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author never establishes that Marion will drive to work. Instead, he assumes that Marion won't take the train simply because she hates it, without providing any other evidence. Marion could still take the train, even if she dislikes it, and she might then have enough time to visit the bank and be on time for work.

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26.

The reasoning in the argument ██ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████

a

mistakes a situation ████ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ █ ██████████ ██████ █████

b

ignores the fact ████ ██████ █████ ████ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ███ ████████████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ███ ████

c

assumes without justification ████ ███████ ██████ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ █ █████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ████ ██████

d

treats evidence that ███████ ████ █████ █ ██████████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██████ ██ ██████

e

overlooks the possibility ████ ███████ █████ ████████████ █████ █ █████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██████ █ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ██

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