Support Rhonda will see the movie tomorrow afternoon only if Paul goes to the concert in the afternoon. ████ ████ ███ ██ ██ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ███ ███ █████ ████████ ██████████
The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:
The pattern of reasoning displayed █████ ██ ████ ███████ ██████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████
If Janice comes ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ███ ███ █████ █████████ ██████ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ ███████ █ ███████████ ████████ ██████ ███ ███████ █ ███████████ ██ ███ ████ █████ █████
Mismatched premises. The stimulus outlines a conditional chain of A→B→C then negates the final necessary condition. (A) gives a sufficient condition (Janice coming to visit) and two necessary conditions (Mary not paying bills and Janice locating baby sitter). This does not parallel the conditional chain of A→B→C from the stimulus.
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The diagram for (B) parallels the diagram of the stimulus:
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Mismatched premises. The stimulus outlines a conditional chain of A→B→C then negates the final necessary condition. (C) gives two sufficient conditions (/rain and fresh trout) for a necessary condition (barbecuing fish) then fails one of the sufficient conditions (/fresh trout).
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Mismatched premises. The stimulus outlines a conditional chain of A→B→C; (D) gives a sufficient condition (Lisa attending) and a necessary condition (Jared OR Karl attends) and confirms one of the necessary conditions (Jared will attend).
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Mismatched premises. The stimulus outlines a conditional chain of A→B→C; (E) gives also gives a conditional chain (George goes→Mark goes→ Mark can postpone most appointments). However, the stimulus then negates the final necessary condition, but (E) does not do this. (E) only says that Mark has postponed “some” appointments.
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