PT23.S2.Q12

PrepTest 23 - Section 2 - Question 12

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Political theorist: The vast majority of countries that have a single political party have corrupt national governments, but some countries with a plurality of parties also have corrupt national governments. ████ ███ █████████ ████ ███████ ████████ ███████████ ████ ██ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ █████ ████████████

Some & Most Before All

This question is pretty doable with or without formal diagramming, but it’s a nice excuse to practice anyway. Ideally, you should be familiar enough with the valid argument forms that you can preemptively draw two valid inferences:

English
P1: Most single-party countries are corrupt.
P2: Some plurality countries are corrupt.
P3: All corrupt countries are weak.
________
Inf 1: Most single-party countries are weak.
Inf 2: Some plurality countries are weak.
Formal Logic (Domain: Countries)
P1: Single –most→ Corrupt
P2: Plurality ←some→ Corrupt
P3: Corrupt → Weak
________
Inf 1: Single –most→ Weak
Inf 2: Plurality ←some→ Weak

We get the first inference by linking premises 1 and 3, putting most before all. We get the second inference by linking premises 2 and 3, putting some before all.

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12.

If all of the political ██████████ ██████████ ███ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██ █████

a

Every country with ████ █████ ██████████ ███ █ ██████ █████████ ██████

b

Some countries with ████ █████ ███████████ ████ █ █████████ ██ █████████ ████████

c

Some countries with ████ █████ ███████████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ████████ ████████████

d

The majority of █████████ ████ ████ █████ ███████████ ████ █ ██████ █████████ ██████

e

Fewer multiparty countries ████ ████████████ █████████ ████ ████ █████ ████████████

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