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03 Jul 2025, 04:47
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City resident: This year, the percentage of accidents caused by drivers ignoring traffic lights has fallen considerably. This means that the traffic police listened to our inquests regarding preventable traffic safety issues and took the measures needed to resolve the issues. Although accidents caused by other factors will not be eliminated, accidents that happen due to preventable traffic safety issues are certainly decreasing.
Of the following, which most clearly highlights a logical flaw in the reasoning of the city resident?
Flaw that we can think of - Maybe total accident numbers increased and despite the same number of accident or even slight increments percentage can fall.
There was other reason for percentage fall this year which doesn't lead to decrease in accidents in future.
A. In reporting accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, the traffic police sometimes incorrectly attribute the accidents to a cause other than drivers ignoring traffic lights. Not relevant
B. Accidents caused by factors other than drivers ignoring traffic lights could have risen sharply in number during the relevant year.- Correct as we considered Maybe total accident numbers increased and despite the same number of accident or even slight increments percentage can fall.
C. It is possible that inquests made with the traffic police are not the most reliable way to ascertain how many accidents took place in a particular year. - it won't effect the conclusion
D. The accidents caused by other factors may have increased the number of inquests made with the traffic police. - We are not evaluating the cause of inquest
E. In some accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, city residents many not believe that drivers ignoring traffic lights was the cause of the accidents. - What citizens believe doesn't matter for this question. and not relevant to the flaw in logic.
Of the following, which most clearly highlights a logical flaw in the reasoning of the city resident?
Flaw that we can think of - Maybe total accident numbers increased and despite the same number of accident or even slight increments percentage can fall.
There was other reason for percentage fall this year which doesn't lead to decrease in accidents in future.
A. In reporting accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, the traffic police sometimes incorrectly attribute the accidents to a cause other than drivers ignoring traffic lights. Not relevant
B. Accidents caused by factors other than drivers ignoring traffic lights could have risen sharply in number during the relevant year.- Correct as we considered Maybe total accident numbers increased and despite the same number of accident or even slight increments percentage can fall.
C. It is possible that inquests made with the traffic police are not the most reliable way to ascertain how many accidents took place in a particular year. - it won't effect the conclusion
D. The accidents caused by other factors may have increased the number of inquests made with the traffic police. - We are not evaluating the cause of inquest
E. In some accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, city residents many not believe that drivers ignoring traffic lights was the cause of the accidents. - What citizens believe doesn't matter for this question. and not relevant to the flaw in logic.
03 Jul 2025, 04:55
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The ques assumes that since the percentage of accidents caused by drivers ignoring traffic lights has fallen considerably, accidents that happen due to preventable traffic safety issues are decreasing. But what if even after the percentage caused by ignoring traffic lights are not getting reported properly, in that case, the accidents due to preventable traffic safety issues will not be decreasing. The same is addressed in A, that if the traffic police reported the accidents caused by ignoring traffic lights to some other cause, hence even after their percentage falling, accidents due to preventable traffic safety issues will not decrease.
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03 Jul 2025, 05:03
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A. In reporting accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, the traffic police sometimes incorrectly attribute the accidents to a cause other than drivers ignoring traffic lights.
City resident: This year, the percentage of accidents caused by drivers ignoring traffic lights has fallen considerably. This means that the traffic police listened to our inquests regarding preventable traffic safety issues and took the measures needed to resolve the issues. Although accidents caused by other factors will not be eliminated, accidents that happen due to preventable traffic safety issues are certainly decreasing.
Of the following, which most clearly highlights a logical flaw in the reasoning of the city resident?
A. In reporting accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, the traffic police sometimes incorrectly attribute the accidents to a cause other than drivers ignoring traffic lights. (Correct because this suggests that rather than taking measures to decrease preventable traffic safety issues the police have misidentified causes to other factors which in turn decreases the number of accidents classified as preventable)
B. Accidents caused by factors other than drivers ignoring traffic lights could have risen sharply in number during the relevant year. (Incorrect because last statement acknowledges that police can't really influence the accidents caused by other factors)
C. It is possible that inquests made with the traffic police are not the most reliable way to ascertain how many accidents took place in a particular year. (Incorrect because it has not been stated how the city residents get to know the number of accidents)
D. The accidents caused by other factors may have increased the number of inquests made with the traffic police. (Irrelevant)
E. In some accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, city residents many not believe that drivers ignoring traffic lights was the cause of the accidents. (Incorrect because city residents have to believe that drivers ignoring traffic lights was the cause of the accidents or else the whole argument loses basis, moreover they did believe it earlier, no reason why they won't believe it now)
City resident: This year, the percentage of accidents caused by drivers ignoring traffic lights has fallen considerably. This means that the traffic police listened to our inquests regarding preventable traffic safety issues and took the measures needed to resolve the issues. Although accidents caused by other factors will not be eliminated, accidents that happen due to preventable traffic safety issues are certainly decreasing.
Of the following, which most clearly highlights a logical flaw in the reasoning of the city resident?
A. In reporting accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, the traffic police sometimes incorrectly attribute the accidents to a cause other than drivers ignoring traffic lights. (Correct because this suggests that rather than taking measures to decrease preventable traffic safety issues the police have misidentified causes to other factors which in turn decreases the number of accidents classified as preventable)
B. Accidents caused by factors other than drivers ignoring traffic lights could have risen sharply in number during the relevant year. (Incorrect because last statement acknowledges that police can't really influence the accidents caused by other factors)
C. It is possible that inquests made with the traffic police are not the most reliable way to ascertain how many accidents took place in a particular year. (Incorrect because it has not been stated how the city residents get to know the number of accidents)
D. The accidents caused by other factors may have increased the number of inquests made with the traffic police. (Irrelevant)
E. In some accidents caused due to drivers ignoring traffic light, city residents many not believe that drivers ignoring traffic lights was the cause of the accidents. (Incorrect because city residents have to believe that drivers ignoring traffic lights was the cause of the accidents or else the whole argument loses basis, moreover they did believe it earlier, no reason why they won't believe it now)
