PT125.S4.Q4

PrepTest 125 - Section 4 - Question 4

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Ray: Cynthia claims that her car's trunk popped open because the car hit a pothole. ████ ███ ████ ████████████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ██████████ ███ ████ ██ ████ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ███ ███ ███ ███ █ ████████ ██████████ ███████ ██████████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██████ ███ █ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that Cynthia’s trunk did not pop open as a result of a pothole. This is based on the fact that her trunk has popped open for reasons other than a pothole on other occasions.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author overlooks the possibility that there can be multiple independent causes for Cynthia’s trunk popping open. Even if other occasions involved other causes, the particular occasion the argument is about could have involved a pothole causing the trunk to pop open.

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4.

The reasoning in Ray's argument ██ ████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ ████ ███ ████████

a

fails to consider ███ ███████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ████ ███ ███ ████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ████████

b

fails to consider ███ ███████████ ████ ████████ ███ ████ ████████ ███████ ██ █ █████ ██████

c

presumes, without providing ██████████████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██████ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ █ █████ █████

d

fails to consider ███ ███████████ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ████ █████████ ████

e

presumes the truth ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ █████████

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