PT151.S2.Q23

PrepTest 151 - Section 2 - Question 23

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Support A gram of the artificial sweetener aspartame is much sweeter than a gram of sugar. ████ ██████ ████ ███ █████████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██ █████ █████████ ████ █████████ ████ ██ ████ ████████ ████ ██████ ███ █████████ █████ ████ ██████ █████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███████ █ ██████████ ███ █████████ █████ █████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument starts by comparing two things (aspartame and sugar) and explaining their different properties (a gram of aspartame is sweeter than a gram of sugar). It then talks about an item (soft drinks) that contains those two things (aspartame and sugar) and arrives at a sub-conclusion (drinks sweetened with aspartame are sweeter than those sweetened with sugar). Finally, it moves to the main conclusion (people who regularly drink aspartame-sweetened soft drinks will develop a preference for extremely sweet products).

Identify and Describe Flaw

The argument is flawed because it doesn’t account for the volume of the things (aspartame and sugar) it’s discussing. While a gram of aspartame may be sweeter than a gram of sugar, we can’t infer that drinks sweetened with aspartame are sweeter than those sweetened with sugar. It’s possible that drinks sweetened with aspartame use significantly less aspartame than the amount of sugar used in drinks sweetened with sugar and, as a result, aspartame drinks may be no sweeter than sugar drinks.

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23.

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a

People sometimes develop █ ██████████ ███ █████ ████ ████ █████████ █████████ ██ ██ ███ ███████ █ ███ █████ ████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███████ █ ██████████ ███ ███

b

Most people own ████ █████ ████ ████████████ █████████ ██ █████ ██████ ██ ████ █ ████ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ ██ █ ██████████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ █████ ████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████████

c

Joe's piggy bank ███ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ █████████ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ████ █████ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██████

d

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e

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