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If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  06 May 2022, 00:30
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If Mr. Salauddin’s statement is correct, then the events he predicts will happen. The events he predicted did happen. Therefore his statement is correct.

Which of the following arguments has a logical structure that most nearly resembles that of the argument above?

A. If we win the game, we will be the league champions.
B. If the fan is running, then electricity must be on. The electricity is on; therefore, the fan must be running.
C. If the store is open, I will buy a shirt. I think the store is open; therefore, I should be able to buy a shirt.
D. If Javed answers his phone, then my prediction is correct. I predict that he is at home; therefore, he will answer his phone.
E. If Selim flight is delayed, he will miss his appointment. He kept his appointment; therefore, his flight must have been on time.


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If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  06 May 2022, 03:40
Parallel reasoning type.

Stimulus's reasoning: If A occurs, B occurs. B occurred, A must have occurred.

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A. If we win the game, we will be the league champions.
If A happens, B happens. What next? Not completely parallel. Reject.
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B. If the fan is running, then electricity must be on. The electricity is on; therefore, the fan must be running.
If A occurs, B occurs. B has occurred, so A must have occurred. Quite similar to the stimulus's logic. Correct.
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C. If the store is open, I will buy a shirt. I think the store is open; therefore, I should be able to buy a shirt.
If A occurs, B occurs. A has occurred (maybe), so B may occur. Not parallel to the stimulus's logic. Incorrect.
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D. If Javed answers his phone, then my prediction is correct. I predict that he is at home; therefore, he will answer his phone.
If A occurs, B occurs. B is prediction. Whether the prediction is correct or not is not given in this choice. So, not parallel to our stimulus's logic. Incorrect.
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E. If Selim flight is delayed, he will miss his appointment. He kept his appointment; therefore, his flight must have been on time.
If A occurs, B occurs. B did not occur, so A did not occur. Not parallel to our reasoning given in the stimulus. Reject.
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Re: If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  09 May 2022, 02:38
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A. If we win the game, we will be the league champions.
B. If the fan is running, then electricity must be on. The electricity is on; therefore, the fan must be running.correct
C. If the store is open, I will buy a shirt. I think the store is open; therefore, I should be able to buy a shirt.
D. If Javed answers his phone, then my prediction is correct. I predict that he is at home; therefore, he will answer his phone.
E. If Selim flight is delayed, he will miss his appointment. He kept his appointment; therefore, his flight must have been on time.
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Re: If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  22 May 2022, 20:32
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Even I got the answer wrong same as others,but figured out afterwards the mistake I made .
In option B,electricity is on does not necessitates that fan is on.therefore wrong.
Option E, flight delayed-->appointment missed ( negative tone)
Appointment kept-->flight on time ( making above sent contrapositive).correct

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If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  25 May 2022, 17:11
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Parallel reasoning type.

Stimulus's reasoning: If A occurs, B occurs. B occurred, A must have occurred.

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A. If we win the game, we will be the league champions.
If A happens, B happens. What next? Not completely parallel. Reject.
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B. If the fan is running, then electricity must be on. The electricity is on; therefore, the fan must be running.
If A occurs, B occurs. B has occurred, so A must have occurred. Quite similar to the stimulus's logic. Correct.
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C. If the store is open, I will buy a shirt. I think the store is open; therefore, I should be able to buy a shirt.
If A occurs, B occurs. A has occurred (maybe), so B may occur. Not parallel to the stimulus's logic. Incorrect.
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D. If Javed answers his phone, then my prediction is correct. I predict that he is at home; therefore, he will answer his phone.
If A occurs, B occurs. B is prediction. Whether the prediction is correct or not is not given in this choice. So, not parallel to our stimulus's logic. Incorrect.
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E. If Selim flight is delayed, he will miss his appointment. He kept his appointment; therefore, his flight must have been on time.
If A occurs, B occurs. B did not occur, so A did not occur. Not parallel to our reasoning given in the stimulus. Reject.



I was stuck between B and E for a while, but I chose E over B - just because the electricity is on, does not necessarily mean that the fan is running, whereas there isn't an analogous issue with the logic in E.
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Re: If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  11 Jun 2022, 04:49
GMATNinja @veritaskarishma can you please provide explanations?

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Re: If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  12 Jun 2022, 00:14
Hi team, I have a query about the sufficient condition.

How can we distinguish between a sufficient condition like the question stem and choice B?
I applied the same logic in the question steam as in B.

If X happen, then Y happen. All we can say is that if Y doesn't happen, X doesn't happen too. Why, instead, in the question stem we can also say that if Y happen, X also happen? What am I missing?

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Re: If Mr. Salauddins statement is correct, then the events he predicts [#permalink] New post  12 Jun 2022, 01:41
I chose B due to the following:

The prompt indicates that if A is correct/happen, then B will happen. B happened, thus A is correct - much like many others of you guys.

B Seems to follow the same logic: If A is correct (running), B (electricity) must happen. B happened, therefore A is correct (it runs).

E follows the same logic at first, if A (delayed flight is correct), B (missed appointment happens). However, it does some kind of "inverted scenario" thereafter. B did not happen (kept his appointment), so thus, A was incorrect. I understand that this makes sense, since it is the same premises given in the first part - but for me, B would still make more sense since it validates each other more confidently IMO. Would love to better understand why it actually is E.

(B)A correct, B happens - B happened, A is correct seems stronger than (E)A correct, B happens - B did not happen, A is incorrect
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