| Critical Reasoning Butler: July 2025 |
| July 31 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 In the past century formerly consensual perceptions of the human palate have changed significantly. Man’s culinary likes and dislikes have proved to be less culturally ingrained in society than was once thought and dishes foreign to many cultures have proliferated in these cultures across the globe in the last 100 years. A company marketing packaged goods from Country X has deduced that it will be profitable to market its packaged goods of Country X’s cuisine to Country Y.
The company’s deduction must rely on all the following assumptions EXCEPT:
(A) Country Y will accept packaged goods.
(B) Country Y will enjoy the specific foods of country X.
(C) There is a way to transfer packaged goods from Country X to Country Y.
(D) The company is the first from Country X to export packaged goods to Country Y.
(E) The price the citizens of Country Y are willing to pay for the company’s packaged goods exceeds the price of research, production, and shipping the company must invest to sell its goods in Country Y.
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CR 2 Jane drinks 4 cups of coffee every day. Thus, Jane must have trouble sleeping at night.
The above conclusion relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Jane drinks the last cup of coffee at 21:00.
B. Jane goes to bed at 22:00.
C. Jane also drinks 4 cups of tea every day.
D. Coffee causes sleep problems.
E. If Jane drinks tea, she sleeps a lot better.