PT155.S4.Q17

PrepTest 155 - Section 4 - Question 17

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Legislator: University humanities departments bring in less tuition and grant money than science departments. ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ████████ ████ █████████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████████ ███████████ █████ ██ ████ █████ ████ ████ █████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ████████████ ██ █ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████████████ ████ ██████████ ███████████ ████████ ██ ███████ ████████████ ██████████ ███████████ ████████ █████████ ███████ ████████████ █████ ██ ██ █ ███████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████████ ████ ██████ ██████ ███████████

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The Legislator concludes that it is a mistake for universities to cut humanities departments when facing budget shortfalls for several reasons:

Teaching and research in the humanities costs less
(Sub-conclusion) So Humanities departments bring in more money than they spend
(Sub-conclusion) So Humanities departments subsidize science departments

Identify Argument Part

The claim in the first part of the second sentence is a premise offered in support of a sub-conclusion, which is offered as support for the Legislator’s main conclusion.

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