giomar Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 People who live unusually long tend to have been lean young adults who went on to gain approximately one pound every year, so lean young adults can improve their chances of living a long life by gaining about a pound every year. A flaw in the argument above is that it (A) gives reasons for the truth of its conclusion that presuppose the truth of that conclusion (B) proceeds as though a condition that by itself is enough to guarantee a certain result must always be present for that result to be achieved © assumes without proof that two phenomena that occur together share an underlying cause (D) concludes that one phenomenon is the cause of another when at most what has been established is an association between them (E) fails to recognize that a tendency widely shared by a subgroup within a given population will not necessarily be widely shared by that population as a whole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me19708 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 is it D People who live unusually long tend to have been lean young adults who went on to gain approximately one pound every year, so lean young adults can improve their chances of living a long life by gaining about a pound every year. A flaw in the argument above is that it (A) gives reasons for the truth of its conclusion that presuppose the truth of that conclusion (B) proceeds as though a condition that by itself is enough to guarantee a certain result must always be present for that result to be achieved © assumes without proof that two phenomena that occur together share an underlying cause (D) concludes that one phenomenon is the cause of another when at most what has been established is an association between them (E) fails to recognize that a tendency widely shared by a subgroup within a given population will not necessarily be widely shared by that population as a whole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shri62 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 would pick B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Warrior Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 People who live unusually long tend to have been lean young adults who went on to gain approximately one pound every year, so lean young adults can improve their chances of living a long life by gaining about a pound every year. A flaw in the argument above is that it (A) gives reasons for the truth of its conclusion that presuppose the truth of that conclusion (B) proceeds as though a condition that by itself is enough to guarantee a certain result must always be present for that result to be achieved © assumes without proof that two phenomena that occur together share an underlying cause (D) concludes that one phenomenon is the cause of another when at most what has been established is an association between them (E) fails to recognize that a tendency widely shared by a subgroup within a given population will not necessarily be widely shared by that population as a whole It is B? The Condition that Lean adults who live long gain 1 pound per year is assumesed that when you gain 1 pound per year is enough to live long. :hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashie Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 My pick is E. OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebullfighter Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 People who live unusually long tend to have been lean young adults who went on to gain approximately one pound every year, so lean young adults can improve their chances of living a long life by gaining about a pound every year. A flaw in the argument above is that it No reasoning or facts have been given to back up the conclusions. May be there's a third point, separate Reasoning behind both these observations, ie. Long life & being lean in younger years. May be involvement in sports etc, & hence, Rather, the conclusion may be that lean young adults can improve their chances of living a long life by Preventing weight gain of a pound every year. Hence, concur with D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giomar Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 OA is D... guys what´s wrong with E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebullfighter Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 People who live unusually long tend to have been lean young adults who went on to gain approximately one pound every year, so lean young adults can improve their chances of living a long life by gaining about a pound every year. (E) fails to recognize that a tendency widely shared by a subgroup within a given population will not necessarily be widely shared by that population as a whole giomar, nowhere in the argument are we talking about a Given set of population being studied. This results/argument may even be citing the people of the Whole World. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy151278 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 why not A? Just because X has Y doesn't mean that whenever Y is present X will be present? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerthelogic Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 its definitely B or D . But why D and why not B and vice-versa . After second reading "certain result must always be present for that result to be achieved " in B is kind of convoluted and i think doesnt hold good . so i feel D is the one to choose finally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuckerman Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Not B, because nowhere does the question/sentence suggest that weight gain guarantees longevity. IMO D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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