PT137.S2.Q21

PrepTest 137 - Section 2 - Question 21

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Support The presence of bees is necessary for excellent pollination, Support which, in turn, usually results in abundant fruits and vegetables. ████████████ █ ███████ ██ ███ ████ █████ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ █████ ███████ ████ ██ ███████████ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ █ ███ ███ █████████ ██████ █████ █████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███ █████████ █████ ████ ████ ███ ██ ████ █████████ ██ █████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ████████████

Summarize Argument

We have a series of conditional statement premises:

Excellent pollination → bees

Beehive → bees

Keeping bees economical → use for homegrown honey

Intermediate conc.:

Gardeners without a use for homegrown honey will tend not to have beehives.

Main conc.:

Gardeners without a use for homegrown honey won’t have excellent pollination.

Identify and Describe Flaw

In the jump from the int. conc. to the main conc., the author assumes that failing to have beehives implies there won’t be excellent pollination. This reverses the statement “beehive → bees.” Beehives ensure bees, but that doesn’t mean beehives are necessary for bees.

Also, in the jump to the int. conc., the author assumes that if keeping bees isn’t economical for someone, they probably won’t have beehives.

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21.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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