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If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra, she would be famous. She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous.
The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider that
(A) Sarah could be a famous actress.
(B) Sarah could be a harpist for a major orchestra.
(C) Sarah could be a pianist with a rock group.
(D) Sarah could be a concert pianist with a minor orchestra.
(E) Sarah could be famous for another reason.
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vprabhala wrote: If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra, she would be famous. She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous.
The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider that
(A) Sarah could be a famous actress.
(B) Sarah could be a harpist for a major orchestra.
(C) Sarah could be a pianist with a rock group.
(D) Sarah could be a concert pianist with a minor orchestra.
(E) Sarah could be famous for another reason.
This is sort of chicken and egg situation:
if (pianist) then famous.
if (famous) then pianist.
(E) appears logical here, because Sarah could be famous for some other reason (this would include option A as well), and that makes the argument unsound ("She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous").
B, C and D are trivial reasons that in themselves appear to be disconnected from the argument.
A, as mentioned is covered as a special case of E.
Anyone with a differing viewpoint?
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E, is correct. kapslock explaine it very well. : )
Last edited by jennygmat on 21 Mar 2005, 14:39, edited 1 time in total.
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anyone else?
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A or E.
A is a specialized case of E.
I'll go for E
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D it is!
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a: is concert pianist
b: is famous
If a->b, if !a->!b
The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider that
(A) Sarah could be a famous actress.
- out of scope
(B) Sarah could be a harpist for a major orchestra.
- out of scope
(C) Sarah could be a pianist with a rock group.
- out of scope
(D) Sarah could be a concert pianist with a minor orchestra.
- out of scope
(E) Sarah could be famous for another reason.
- This is the one
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try once again.. the OA is not E.
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D. Major vs Minor
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D -> the conclusion is not that she is not famous (we have SINCE she is not famous and not Since she is not a pianist!), but that she is not a pianist for a major orchestra
If it had been-> She is not famous since she is not a concert pianist
instead of -> She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous
It should have been E
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(D)
The author challenges the fact that Sarah is not a concert pianist. The reason being that she is not famous.
But, Sarah could be a concert pianist if she played with ANY orchestra - not necessarily a major one. Since (D) states that Sarah could be a concert pianist, it is this option that the author ignores while reaching his conclusion in the stem.
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One more for 'D'
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D !
E is out because it is stated as a fact in the argument that she is NOT famous.
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OA is D.
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If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra, she would be famous. She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous.
The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider that
(A) Sarah could be a famous actress.
(B) Sarah could be a harpist for a major orchestra.
(C) Sarah could be a pianist with a rock group.
(D) Sarah could be a concert pianist with a minor orchestra.
(E) Sarah could be famous for another reason.
i guess it is B,,,I get it through POE
its given tht "she is not famous"......so E and A are out!
D is out because it is given that "She is not a concert pianist".........i guess it includes both major and minor concerts.
If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra,,,,,guess this means that if was a [b]pianis[/b]t for a major orchestra,,,then she would be famous.......and then also it says she not a "concert pianist" ,,,,rock bands also have concerts,,,,,,,,,so C is also out!
answer is B
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karun_aggarwal wrote: If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra, she would be famous. She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous.
The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider that
(A) Sarah could be a famous actress.
(B) Sarah could be a harpist for a major orchestra.
(C) Sarah could be a pianist with a rock group.
(D) Sarah could be a concert pianist with a minor orchestra.
(E) Sarah could be famous for another reason.
i guess it is B,,,I get it through POE
its given tht "she is not famous"......so E and A are out!
D is out because it is given that "She is not a concert pianist".........i guess it includes both major and minor concerts.
If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra,,,,,guess this means that if was a pianist for a major orchestra,,,then she would be famous.......and then also it says she not a "concert pianist" ,,,,rock bands also have concerts,,,,,,,,,so C is also out!
answer is B
the answer is D. it says major orchestra in the stem..!!!
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If pianist for a major orchestra then famous. Not famous, then not pianist.
Wrong because she could be a pianist for a small orchestra.
An easy D it is.
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