| Critical Reasoning Butler: September 2026 |
| September 1 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Countries A and B are in competition to draw tourists to their countries. In Country A, about 2,500 violent crimes are reported per year. In Country B, about 1,000 violent crimes are reported per year. Trying to draw tourists away from Country A, officials in Country B use these violent crime statistics to claim it has a lower violent crime rate than Country A.
Which of the following, if true, would expose the flaw in Country B's argument that it has the lower violent crime rate?
A. Most violent criminals in Country B are repeat offenders.
B. White-collar crime is higher in Country B than in Country A.
C. The population of Country A is 20 times greater than the population of Country B.
D. Country B has fewer tourists than Country A.
E. Country A has a better prison system than Country B.
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CR 2 A study of 20 overweight men revealed that each man experienced significant weight loss after adding SlimDown, an artificial food supplement, to his daily diet. For 3 months, each man consumed one SlimDown portion every morning after excercising, and then followed his normal diet for the rest of the day. Clearly, anyone who consumes one portion of SlimDown everyday for at least 3 months will lose weight and will look and feel his best.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A. The men in the study will gain back the weight if they discontinue the SlimDown.
B. No other dietary supplement will have the same effect on overweight men.
C. The daily exercise regimen was not responsible for the effects noted in the study.
D. Women won't experience similar weight reductions if they adhere to the SlimDown program for 3 months.
E. Overweight men will acheive only partial weight loss if they don't remain on the SlimDown program for a full 3 months.