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The argument reasons that because X (doing science) requires Y (measuring), and Y (measuring) requires Z (selecting units of measurement), a feature of Z (being arbitrary) also applies to X (doing science). This is flawed, because although we can conclude that X (doing science) requires something (selecting units of measurement) that has a feature (arbitrariness), that doesn’t mean the feature (arbitrariness) directly applies to X (doing science).
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This reasons that because X (perform difficult music) requires Y (develop musical skill), and Y requires Z (long hours of practice), a feature of Z (being tedious) must also apply to X (perform difficult music). This is flawed because X doesn’t have to have the feature (being tedious) even if it requires something that has the feature.
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This isn’t parallel, because the conclusion doesn’t assert that it is expensive to run an expanding business. There’s a difference between an expanding business and businesses generally. The argument in the stimulus didn’t involve this shift in the subject of the conclusion.
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This doesn’t involve a claim that X requires Y, which requires Z. Rather, although we get one claim about what’s required, we get another claim about what’s “permissible,” which isn’t a statement about what’s required.
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This doesn’t match, because although we get claims that X (being manager) requires Y (evaluating people), which requires Z (being subjective), the argument doesn’t try to apply a feature of Z to X. Rather, a premise tells us that people resent “being evaluated subjectively,” which is a claim that combines Y (evaluating people) and Z (being subjective). We’re looking for a premise that tells us something about Z, not about the combination of Y and Z.
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(E) doesn’t involve a claim that X requires Y, which requires Z. In addition, the argument doesn’t try to apply a feature of Z directly to X.
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