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Maria won this year s local sailboat race by beating Sue,

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Maria won this year s local sailboat race by beating Sue, [#permalink] New post 06 Jul 2007, 03:25
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Maria won this year’s local sailboat race by beating
Sue, the winner in each of the four previous years. We
can conclude from this that Maria trained hard.
The conclusion follows logically if which one of the
following is assumed?

(A) Sue did not train as hard as Maria trained.
(B) If Maria trained hard, she would win the
sailboat race.
(C) Maria could beat a four-time winner only if she
trained hard.
(D) If Sue trained hard, she would win the sailboat
race.
(E) Sue is usually a faster sailboat racer than Maria.
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Re: CR Sailboat Race [#permalink] New post 06 Jul 2007, 03:33
vshaunak@gmail.com wrote:
Maria won this year’s local sailboat race by beating
Sue, the winner in each of the four previous years. We
can conclude from this that Maria trained hard.
The conclusion follows logically if which one of the
following is assumed?

(A) Sue did not train as hard as Maria trained.
(B) If Maria trained hard, she would win the
sailboat race.
(C) Maria could beat a four-time winner only if she
trained hard.
(D) If Sue trained hard, she would win the sailboat
race.
(E) Sue is usually a faster sailboat racer than Maria.


It should be B.
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 [#permalink] New post 06 Jul 2007, 14:33
I go for C
if not assumed the conclusion does not follow
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 [#permalink] New post 06 Jul 2007, 15:09
C it is .
Use of word "only if" .
If there are more reasons other than hard training when Maria can beat sue then we cannot conclude that training hard is the only reason for Maria's win
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 [#permalink] New post 07 Jul 2007, 08:12
B is a trap and weakens the argument.
C is the answer.
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