PT155.S4.Q2

PrepTest 155 - Section 4 - Question 2

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Brian: Support I used to eat cheeseburgers from fast-food restaurants almost every day. ███ ████ █ ████ ████ ██████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ██████████ ████ ██████████ ██ █ ███████ ██████ █████████████ ███ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ███████ ███ ███████████ █████ ████████ ████ ███ █████ █ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ██ ███████████ █████ ███ █████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ██ ██████████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author concludes that eating bread and meat in the same meal is unhealthy. This is based on the fact that after he stopped eating cheeseburgers from fast-food restaurants every day, and instead switched to a diet of lean meats, fruits, and vegetables, he started to have a lower cholesterol level and blood pressure.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that the combination of bread and meat in the same meal was the cause of his higher levels of cholesterol and blood pressure before switching his diet. This overlooks the possibility that the true cause was eating meals from fast-food restaurants every day. Perhaps if he had eaten bread and meat in the same meal, but the meal was from places besides fast-food restaurants, he wouldn’t have suffered from higher cholesterol and blood pressure.

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The reasoning in Brian's argument ██ ██████ ██ ████ ███ ████████

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treats a statement ██ ███████████ ████ ██████ ███████ █ ██████████████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██

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draws a conclusion ████ ██████ ████████ █ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ██

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treats a condition ████ ████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ █████ ██ █ █████████ ████ █████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ ██████

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concludes that one ████ ██ █ ██████ ███ ███████████ ███ ██ ██████ ███████ ██████ ███ ███ ███████████ ████ █████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███████████

e

concludes that making █ ███████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██████ ██ █ ██████████ ██████ ██████ ███████ ████ ██████ ███████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ ████ ██████

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