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The quantity and type of pollution that entered the river last Thursday night suggest that the local auto repair shop is responsible. ███ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ██ ██████ █████ ██████ ████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██████ ███████████████ ██ ██████ ██ ████████████ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███ ████████
Summary
Although evidence suggests the auto repair shop is responsible for polluting the river, we should not punish them without more evidence or a confession. This is because the punishment would be quite severe.
Notable Assumptions
The author presents the idea of a harsh punishment to suggest that more evidence is needed, but we don’t have a premise that tells us why this matters. The author is assuming the severity of the punishment means we need more evidence, so we are looking for a rule to clearly state this assumption:
Severe punishments require more evidence.
1.
Which one of the following ███████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████████
a
The more severe ███ ███████ ███ ██ ██████████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ██ ███ █████ ██ █ █████ ██████ █████ █████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██████
b
Penalties for crimes ██████ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ██████████ █████ ███ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ██ █████████ █████ ███████████ ██ ██████ █████
c
The severity of ███ ███████ ███████ ███ ██ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████████████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ███████████
d
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e
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