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The following statement is a principle of economics:

If a nation experiences economic growth, then consumers’ confidence is balanced by a small amount of skepticism.

We must find the right application of a conditional statement. The statement can support the following two conclusions:

(1) A nation’s consumer confidence is balanced by skepticism if it’s experiencing economic growth.

(2) A nation is not experiencing economic growth if consumer confidence is not balanced by skepticism.

Doesn’t trigger the rule. We’re only given balancing consumer confidence with skepticism as a necessary condition to economic growth, not sufficient. (A) is trying to read our diagram backwards.

Wrong trigger and wrong conclusion. We can only conclude when a nation is not experiencing economic growth—not when it is. And even if a nation’s prevailing attitude is not skepticism, it’s still possible it has a small amount.

Wrong conclusion. (C) removes our necessary condition, which would lead us to conclude the nation will not experience economic growth—not that it will.

The principle’s necessary condition is balancing consumer confidence with skepticism. (D) validly concludes that denying this necessary condition leads to the absence of the sufficient condition, which is an accurate statement of the contrapositive.

Wrong conclusion. We can only conclude when a nation is not experiencing economic growth—not when it is.

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