PT128.S3.Q9

PrepTest 128 - Section 3 - Question 9

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A television commercial argued as follows: Support both the product advertised and its competitor contain the same active ingredients, but Support the product advertised contains them in higher concentrations; Support tests show that the higher concentrations are completely safe; since Support a product that provides faster relief is always preferable, Conclusion one should use the product advertised.

Summarize Argument

The commercial concludes that consumers should choose their product over the competitor’s. As support, the commercial states that both products use the same active ingredients, but their product contains the active ingredients in higher concentrations. Higher concentrations have been proven to be safe, and faster relief is better, so people should use their product.

Identify and Describe Flaw

From the fact that their product contains a higher concentration of an active ingredient, the commercial makes the assumption that the product will provide faster relief. The connection between concentration of active ingredients and speed of relief is unsupported.

From the argument, we know that faster relief is preferable, but we don’t have a reason to believe that the advertised product will be faster.

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9.

The television commercial's argument is ████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ██

a

takes for granted ████ ██ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ████████ ████ ██████ ██████████████ ██ ██████ ███████████ ███ ████ █████████ ████ █████ ███████████

b

attempts to establish ███ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ████ ██ ██ █████████ ██████████ ██ ████████

c

dismisses its competitor's ██████ ███████ ██ █████ ██████ ██████ ████ █████ ███████

d

attempts to manipulate ███ ████████ ██ █████████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ██████ ████ ██████████ █████████ █████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██████████

e

takes for granted ████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ █████████████ ██ ██████ ███████████ ████████ ██████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████

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