PT124.S1.Q22

PrepTest 124 - Section 1 - Question 22

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Doctor: Being overweight has long been linked with a variety of health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. ███ ██████ ████████ ████████████ █████ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ████████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ████ █████ ███ ███ ████████████ ████████████ ██████████ ██ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ██ ██ ████████ ███████████

Summarize Argument

The doctor concludes that being slightly overweight is sufficient for being healthy. She supports this by citing recent research that shows that slightly overweight people are healthier than those who are very underweight.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is the flaw of confusing a relative and an absolute property; the author assumes that a relative relationship proves an absolute property.

In this case, the doctor assumes that being slightly overweight makes one healthy just because it's relatively healthier than being very underweight. But a person could still be slightly overweight and unhealthy, even if they're healthier than someone who's very underweight.

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22.

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a

ignores medical opinions ████ ████ ██ ████ ██ █ ██████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███ █████

b

never adequately defines ████ ██ █████ ██ █████████

c

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d

holds that if █ ██████ █████ █ ████████ ████ █████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ██████████ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████

e

mistakes a merely ████████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ████████

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