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[Solution] According to a prediction of the not-so-distant future published in 1940

#Flaw, #Prediction Question According to a prediction of the not-so-distant future published in 1940, electricity would revolutionize agriculture. Electrodes would be inserted into the soil, and the current between them would kill bugs and weeds and make crop plants stronger. Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the logic of the prediction […]

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[Solution] Many people suffer an allergic reaction to certain sulfites

Argument Family, CR Assumption, CR Medium

Question Many people suffer an allergic reaction to certain sulfites, including those that are commonly added to wine as preservatives. However, since there are several winemakers who add sulfites to none of the wines they produce, people who would like to drink wine but are allergic to sulfites can drink wines produced by these winemakers

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[Solution] CR07660: A major network news organization experienced

Conditional Logic, CR Adverbs, CR Analogy, CR Medium, CR Strengthen

#Analogies, #Conditional Logic, #Impact, #Adverbs Question A major network news organization experienced a drop in viewership in the week following the airing of a controversial report on the economy. The network also received a very large number of complaints regarding the report. The network, however, maintains that negative reactions to the report had nothing to

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[Solution] The difference in average annual income in favor of employees who have college degrees

CR Medium, CR some, CR Weaken

#Some #Impact Question The difference in average annual income in favor of employees who have college degrees, compared with those who do not have such degrees, doubled between 1980 and 1990. Some analysts have hypothesized that increased competition between employers for employees with college degrees drove up income for such employees. Which of the following,

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[Solution] Many gardeners believe that the variety of clematis vine

CR Assumption, CR Medium, CR Percentage, CR some

Question Many gardeners believe that the variety of clematis vine that is most popular among gardeners in North America is jackmanii. This belief is apparently correct since, of the one million clematis plants sold per year by the largest clematis nursery in North America, ten percent are jackmanii. Which of the following is an assumption

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[Solution] In virtually any industry

Alternate Cause, CR Easy, CR Flaw, CR Necessary-Sufficient

Question In virtually any industry, technological improvements increase labor productivity, which is the output of goods and services per person-hour worked. In Parland’s industries, labor productivity is significantly higher than it is in Vergia’s industries. Clearly, therefore, Parland’s industries must, on the whole, be further advanced technologically than Vergia’s are. The argument is most vulnerable

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SC06561.01 – When bitter managerial conflicts

Chinese public buildings erected under a construction code of the Sung dynasty have withstood earthquakes well because the white cedar used has four times the tensile strength of steel and the timber frame, incorporating many joints and few nails, is flexible.