jlgdr wrote:
But the passage talks about non-red teams, we can't assume that non red = blue. Why would we care about the color blue? What if there are no teams that wear blue outfits?
For me this is clearly out of scope. Its actually a trap. Since answer choice mentions something about the color blue, then answer choice B repeats something similar. But we miss the whole point. We should focus on what's written on the stimulus, not use any info given in another answer choice
For me D is the OA
Cheers
J
I don't think that's correct because because of deductive reasoning.
Here is the conditional statement:
1) If Red -> then feel more powerful
2) If feel more powerful -> then win
3) if red -> then win
Any claim that changes the conditional statement weakens the argument, and answer B reverses the logic.
Stimulus
Red -> then feel more powerful OR
if not more powerful -> then not red (blue)The answer choice reverses the logic
If blue -> then team itself not powerful.
Thus, if blue feels less powerful by virtue of wearing blue, then the scientists hypothesis is weakened. It is in fact blue that makes teams lose, not seeing red on the other team.
IMO B
Additionally, we can use premises not in the stimulus whenever the stem has "which of the following, if true."
Do you find my reasoning to be valid?
Regards,
Aa