PT105.S1.Q9

PrepTest 105 - Section 1 - Question 9

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Summary

For a given size of potato, a peeled wild potato is at least as safe as an unpeeled domesticated potato. Why? Because in any potato, most of the solanine (which is poisonous) is contained in the skin.

Missing Connection

The conclusion draws a comparison between the safety of peeled wild potatoes and unpeeled domesticated potatoes. But the premises only allow us to compare between peeled and unpeeled potatoes of the same kind. (A peeled potato should have less poison than an unpeeled potato of the same kind.)

How to get from premises to conclusion? We need to know how solanine content actually compares between peeled wild potatoes and unpeeled domesticated ones. If we knew that the solanine content that’s left over in a peeled wild potato is no higher than the entire solanine content of a same-size unpeeled domesticated potato, we could reach the conclusion.

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9.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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