PT18.S2.Q9

PrepTest 18 - Section 2 - Question 9

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Nutritionist: Support Vitamins synthesized by chemists are exactly the same as vitamins that occur naturally in foods. ██████████ ██ ██ █ █████ ██ █████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ ██████████████ ███████████ ██ ████ ███████ ███████████ ████ █████ ██████ ████

Argument Summary

The nutritionist observes that vitamins synthesized by chemists are "exactly the same" as those found naturally in foods. She therefore concludes that it is a "waste of money" to pay additional money for vitamin pills advertised as being made of "higher-quality" or "more natural" ingredients.

Analysis: Necessary Assumptions

Let's restate the nutritionist's argument. Her premise is that vitamins synthesized by chemists are identical to vitamins found naturally; her conclusion is that there is no reason to pay more money for vitamin pills made of higher-quality or more natural ingredients. But vitamin pills may not contain only the vitamins themselves. They may contain other ingredients, too — and cheaper vitamin pills that contain fewer natural ingredients, say, might also contain other substances that have a negative effect. The nutritionist assumes this is not the case, and that the quality of the vitamin itself (which, as she says, is the same whether the vitamin is chemically synthesized or from natural ingredients) is equivalent to the quality of the pill as a whole.

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9.

The nutritionist’s advice is based ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████████████

a

It is a █████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ █████ █████ ████ ███████ ██████

b

Brands of vitamin █████ ████ ██ ███████ ███████████ ██████ ████ ████ █████ ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ███████████ █████████

c

All brands of ███████ █████ ███████ ████ ███████████ █████████

d

Some producers of ███████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ████████████

e

There is no ██████████ ██████████ ██ ███████ █████ █████ ███████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ██████

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