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22. It is illogical to infer a second and different effect from a cause which is known only by one particular effect. This is incorrect because the inferred effect must necessarily be produced by some different characteristic of the cause than is the observed effect, which already serves entirely to describe the cause.
Which one of the following arguments makes the same logical error as the one described by the author in the passage?
(A) An anonymous donor gave a thousand dollars to our historical society. I would guess that that individual also volunteers at the children’s hospital.
(B) The radioactive material caused a genetic mutation, which, in turn, caused the birth defect. Therefore, the radioactive material caused the birth defect.
(C) The tiny, unseen atom is the source of immense power. It must be its highly complex structure that produces this power.
(D) The city orchestra received more funds from the local government this year than ever before. Clearly this
administration is more civic-minded than previous ones.
(E) If I heat water, which is a liquid, it evaporates. If I heat hundreds of other liquids like water, they evaporate. Therefore, if I heat any liquid like water, it will evaporate
Please explain.
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E.
It has described all of the cause and effect which is just one. All the other has different cause and effect.
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e MAKES SENSE ....
cause -- effect (1) and it is illogical to infer a second effect 2...
cold ( cause) - fever ( effect ) and not diptheria( effect 2)
it is illogical to infer that cold causes diptheria when occurence of fevr means that only cold was the cause.... the argument goes something like this....
I believe only E comes near ... heat( cause) -- to evaporation of water and to jheat any other liqud just like U do water does not neccessarily shw that the liquid evaporates...
hope that helpz !
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E i believe as well. I hate this type of question, are these common on the GMAT? (i know these parallel reasoning questions are common on the LSAT)
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My Choice is A.
The main argument states that. We shouldnt use a second effect for a particular cause which already has a effect defined.
A -> B ( A is the cause and B is the effect )
Now, we should not assign C, a new effect, to the same cause A.
In answer E we see that multiple causes are assigned to the same effect 'evaporation'.
Only in choice A, we see a proper correlation.
Correct me if my understanding is not right.
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krish wrote: My Choice is A.
The main argument states that. We shouldnt use a second effect for a particular cause which already has a effect defined.
A -> B ( A is the cause and B is the effect )
Now, we should not assign C, a new effect, to the same cause A.
In answer E we see that multiple causes are assigned to the same effect 'evaporation'.
Only in choice A, we see a proper correlation.
Correct me if my understanding is not right.
Thanks
A is the answer.
Thanks for the explanation.
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Went for A too.. it infers some second effect (will donate to some other charities) based on the observation of another effect.
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I wonder, everything I posted yesterday just disappeared...
Will go with A
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