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Re: Elena: While I was at the dog show, every dog that growled at me was [#permalink]
eakabuah wrote:
Premise 1: While I was at the dog show, every dog that growled at me was a white poodle.
Premise 2: every white poodle I saw growled at me.

Per the information above, every dog that growled at Elena at the show was a white poodle, and every white poodle Elena saw growled at her.
It can be concluded from the above information that only a white poodle growled at Elena at the show, implying that no other dog apart from a white poodle growled at her.

From the answer choices, C is in line with the conclusion drawn above from the information. Hence C is the right answer.

(A) The only white dogs that Elena saw at the dog show were poodles.
No, this is not necessarily true based on the information provided. Elena could have seen many other breeds of dogs that were white, but only a white poodle growled at her. A is incorrect.

(B) There were no gray poodles at the dog show.
This is not necessarily true per the information provided. The information does not talk about the varieties of dogs at show. There could be as many breeds of dogs including gray poodles on the show, but the only inference that can be drawn is that the only dogs that growled at Elena are white poodles. B is incorrect.

(C) At the dog show, no gray dogs growled at Elena.
Correct. This is a true inference from the information provided. From the conclusion provided only white poodles growled at Elena, hence we can conclude that no gray dogs growled at Elena.

(D) All the white dogs that Elena saw growled at her.
This is untrue per the conclusion drawn from the argument: white poodles are the only dogs that growled at Elena.

(E) Elena did not see any gray poodles at the dog show.
Just as stated in the explanation for B, this cannot necessarily be inferred from the information above.

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Hi eakabuah,
Are you suggesting that there is a difference between white dogs and white poodles? If not, I think D is also correct. If yes, then the question is flaw when trying to confuse test takers with similar vocabulary, an action that OG will never do. Cheers
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Re: Elena: While I was at the dog show, every dog that growled at me was [#permalink]
tinbq wrote:
eakabuah wrote:
Premise 1: While I was at the dog show, every dog that growled at me was a white poodle.
Premise 2: every white poodle I saw growled at me.

Per the information above, every dog that growled at Elena at the show was a white poodle, and every white poodle Elena saw growled at her.
It can be concluded from the above information that only a white poodle growled at Elena at the show, implying that no other dog apart from a white poodle growled at her.

From the answer choices, C is in line with the conclusion drawn above from the information. Hence C is the right answer.

(A) The only white dogs that Elena saw at the dog show were poodles.
No, this is not necessarily true based on the information provided. Elena could have seen many other breeds of dogs that were white, but only a white poodle growled at her. A is incorrect.

(B) There were no gray poodles at the dog show.
This is not necessarily true per the information provided. The information does not talk about the varieties of dogs at show. There could be as many breeds of dogs including gray poodles on the show, but the only inference that can be drawn is that the only dogs that growled at Elena are white poodles. B is incorrect.

(C) At the dog show, no gray dogs growled at Elena.
Correct. This is a true inference from the information provided. From the conclusion provided only white poodles growled at Elena, hence we can conclude that no gray dogs growled at Elena.

(D) All the white dogs that Elena saw growled at her.
This is untrue per the conclusion drawn from the argument: white poodles are the only dogs that growled at Elena.

(E) Elena did not see any gray poodles at the dog show.
Just as stated in the explanation for B, this cannot necessarily be inferred from the information above.

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Hi eakabuah,
Are you suggesting that there is a difference between white dogs and white poodles? If not, I think D is also correct. If yes, then the question is flaw when trying to confuse test takers with similar vocabulary, an action that OG will never do. Cheers


Dear tinbq
Yes, he is.
The stimulus does not provide information regarding the ALL white dogs; it calls generalization.
The only conditions are
- Every dog that growled at me -- DG - sufficient condition
- A white poodle, -- WP - necessary condition

Read as following
DG -- > WP
or
Not WP -- > Not DG [contrapositive]

and

Every white poodle I saw - WP IS -- sufficient condition
Growled at me. - GM -- necessary condition

WP IS --> GM
or
Not GM -- > Not WP IS [contrapositive]

Let us consider answer D
(D) All the white dogs that Elena saw growled at her.

But from the condition we know that "WP IS" --> "GM".
Once again stimulus does not provide any information concerning the ALL White Dogs.
What if there is a white "husky dog", yet it does not growled at her?

Thus, the only answer is
(C) At the dog show, no gray dogs growled at Elena.

Why ? Because one of the necessary conditions "WHITE POODLE" is not hold anymore.

DG -- > WP
or
Not WP -- > Not DG [contrapositive]
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