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Option E generalizes SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE TO THAT OF COMMON PEOPLE...
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Any successful business leader has deep personal resources. All people with deep personal resources have undergone trials in their lives. The experience of trials is more prevalent among those who were not born to great wealth and privilege.

The statements above support which of the following propositions?

(A) Those who currently lack deep personal resources can never become successful business leaders. Business leaders are only required to have deep personal resources when they become successful business leaders. Someone "currently' without such resources may acquire such resources in future and hence we cannot say that they can "never" become successful business leaders. Eliminate.

(B) It is more likely for a person not born to wealth and privilege to become a successful business leader than for one who is born to wealth and privilege. This connects via trials in their lives. However, while it is more likely that a person not born to wealth will experience trials, we do not know if experiencing trials will lead to deep personal resources (the causality mentioned is the other way around in the stimulus). Therefore this cannot be the correct answer. Eliminate.

(C) The number of business leaders who were born to wealth is smaller than the number of business leaders who were not born to wealth. There is no way to arrive at this conclusion. Eliminate.

(D) Those who are born to privilege are more likely to be successful than those who were born to wealth. There is no way to arrive at this conclusion. Eliminate.

(E) An absence of trials in a person’s life indicates that that person cannot have deep personal resources. Correct answer. From the stimulus, we know that "deep personal resources" (X) --> "undergone trials" (Y). Also, if X --> Y then Not (Y) --> Not (X), which is exactly what this option states.

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Any successful business leader has deep personal resources. All people with deep personal resources have undergone trials in their lives. The experience of trials is more prevalent among those who were not born to great wealth and privilege.

The statements above support which of the following propositions?

(A) Those who currently lack deep personal resources can never become successful business leaders. Business leaders are only required to have deep personal resources when they become successful business leaders. Someone "currently' without such resources may acquire such resources in future and hence we cannot say that they can "never" become successful business leaders. Eliminate.

(B) It is more likely for a person not born to wealth and privilege to become a successful business leader than for one who is born to wealth and privilege. This connects via trials in their lives. However, while it is more likely that a person not born to wealth will experience trials, we do not know if experiencing trials will lead to deep personal resources (the causality mentioned is the other way around in the stimulus). Therefore this cannot be the correct answer. Eliminate.

(C) The number of business leaders who were born to wealth is smaller than the number of business leaders who were not born to wealth. There is no way to arrive at this conclusion. Eliminate.

(D) Those who are born to privilege are more likely to be successful than those who were born to wealth. There is no way to arrive at this conclusion. Eliminate.

(E) An absence of trials in a person’s life indicates that that person cannot have deep personal resources. Correct answer. From the stimulus, we know that "deep personal resources" (X) --> "undergone trials" (Y). Also, if X --> Y then Not (Y) --> Not (X), which is exactly what this option states.

Hope this helps.

Hi, But the same X -> Y and Not (Y) to Not (X) is valid for A.

Please explain.

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Any successful business leader has deep personal resources. All people with deep personal resources have undergone trials in their lives. The experience of trials is more prevalent among those who were not born to great wealth and privilege.

The statements above support which of the following propositions?

(A) Those who currently lack deep personal resources can never become successful business leaders. Business leaders are only required to have deep personal resources when they become successful business leaders. Someone "currently' without such resources may acquire such resources in future and hence we cannot say that they can "never" become successful business leaders. Eliminate.

(B) It is more likely for a person not born to wealth and privilege to become a successful business leader than for one who is born to wealth and privilege. This connects via trials in their lives. However, while it is more likely that a person not born to wealth will experience trials, we do not know if experiencing trials will lead to deep personal resources (the causality mentioned is the other way around in the stimulus). Therefore this cannot be the correct answer. Eliminate.

(C) The number of business leaders who were born to wealth is smaller than the number of business leaders who were not born to wealth. There is no way to arrive at this conclusion. Eliminate.

(D) Those who are born to privilege are more likely to be successful than those who were born to wealth. There is no way to arrive at this conclusion. Eliminate.

(E) An absence of trials in a person’s life indicates that that person cannot have deep personal resources. Correct answer. From the stimulus, we know that "deep personal resources" (X) --> "undergone trials" (Y). Also, if X --> Y then Not (Y) --> Not (X), which is exactly what this option states.

Hope this helps.

Hi, But the same X -> Y and Not (Y) to Not (X) is valid for A.

Please explain.

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Hi,

Please note that option A states that 'Those who currently lack deep personal resources can never become successful business leaders.' --> What if they eventually acquire deep personal resources then they might become successful business leaders and therefore never is too strong a word to use.
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