PT137.S3.Q23

PrepTest 137 - Section 3 - Question 23

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Method of Reasoning

The argument presents two sufficient conditions leading to the same necessary condition: If a species has frequent mutations or survives dramatic environmental changes, then it will develop evolutionary adaptations. It then concludes that one of the sufficient conditions leads to the other sufficient condition.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument features bad conditional reasoning. We’re given two sufficient conditions that lead to the same necessary condition, but we can’t conclude that one sufficient condition leads to the other. There is no stated relationship between a species having frequent mutations and it surviving dramatic environmental changes, so this conclusion is flawed.

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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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