PT142.S2.Q23

PrepTest 142 - Section 2 - Question 23

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Support Every brick house on River Street has a front yard. ████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ████ █████ █████ ████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument presents a conditional statement (if you’re a brick house on River Street, you have a front yard), connects it to a “most” statement (most houses on River Street with a front yard also have two stories), and then draws a conclusion (most of the brick houses on River Street have two stories).

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument is flawed because it employs an invalid argument form. When a necessary condition of a sufficient condition is linked to a “most” statement, you’re not able to draw a connection between the sufficient condition and the most statement linked to the necessary condition (as diagrammed above). Just because all brick houses on River Street have front yards, and most houses on River Street with front yards have two stories, that doesn’t necessarily mean that most of the brick houses on River Street have two stories. It’s entirely possible that only some or even none of the brick houses on River Street have two stories.

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23.

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a

By that line ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████ ████ ████ ███████████ ████ ███ ███ ███████ █████ ███ ███████████ ███ ███████████ ███ ████ ███████████ ████ ███ ███ ███████

b

By that line ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████ ████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████████████ █████ ████ ███████████ ████ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ███████████ ███ ████ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ██████ █████████

c

By that line ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████ ████ ███ █████ ██████ ███████ ███ ███ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ██████████ ██ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ███ ████████████

d

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e

By that line ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████ ████ ████ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████ █████████ █████ ████ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ███████████ ████ ███ ███ ███████

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