PT142.S4.Q25

PrepTest 142 - Section 4 - Question 25

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Of the citizens who disapprove of the prime minister's overall job performance, most disapprove because of the prime minister's support for increasing the income tax. ████████ ███████ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████████ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ ███████ ███ ████████████

Method of Reasoning

The author establishes a set relationship between two sets. Most in the first set (those who disapprove of the prime minister) belong to another set (those who disapprove because he supports a tax increase). The author then notes that someone doesn't belong to the second set, and so probably doesn't belong to the first set, either.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author’s argument is flawed because he tries to contrapose a “most” statement in the way a normal conditional statement would be negated. The author’s premise does not imply that people who are not members of the second set (disapproving of tax increase) are also not members of the first (disapproving of prime minister). Additionally, the author states that most in the first set belong to the second set without elaborating on the opinions of the minority of that first set. Those in the first set, but not in the second set, potentially like Theresa, could have different reasons for disapproving of the prime minister.

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25.

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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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