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If you complete 24 graduate credits and a thesis in our department, you are eligible to receive a master's degree. Roger has completed 24 graduate credits in our department, yet he is not eligible to receive a master's degree. So he must not have finished his thesis yet.
The reasoning in the argument above is most similar to the reasoning in which one of the following?
(A) If the mayor and the city council had approved the proposed budget, the botanical gardens would be able to open this week. The botanical gardens cannot open this week even though the city council approved the proposed budget. Thus, the mayor must not have approved the proposed budget.
(B) If I see a science fiction movie, I either love it or hate it. I do not hate the movie I am watching now. Therefore, I will probably end up loving the movie, since it is a science fiction movie.
(C) If the government or some other party had bought the processing plant, the local economy would have improved. But the local economy did not improve. Therefore, neither the government nor any other party bought the processing plant.
(D) Books at Falling Embers Bookshop are on sale only if they are either used books or paperbacks. The book I am looking for at Falling Embers is on sale. Therefore, if the book I am looking for is not a paperback, it is a used book.
(E) If Doha owes more money than she can pay back, then she must either get a higher paying job or declare bankruptcy. Doha does in fact owe more than she can pay back, yet she does not want to declare bankruptcy. So, Doha must get a higher paying job.
The reasoning in the argument above is most similar to the reasoning in which one of the following?
(A) If the mayor and the city council had approved the proposed budget, the botanical gardens would be able to open this week. The botanical gardens cannot open this week even though the city council approved the proposed budget. Thus, the mayor must not have approved the proposed budget.
(B) If I see a science fiction movie, I either love it or hate it. I do not hate the movie I am watching now. Therefore, I will probably end up loving the movie, since it is a science fiction movie.
(C) If the government or some other party had bought the processing plant, the local economy would have improved. But the local economy did not improve. Therefore, neither the government nor any other party bought the processing plant.
(D) Books at Falling Embers Bookshop are on sale only if they are either used books or paperbacks. The book I am looking for at Falling Embers is on sale. Therefore, if the book I am looking for is not a paperback, it is a used book.
(E) If Doha owes more money than she can pay back, then she must either get a higher paying job or declare bankruptcy. Doha does in fact owe more than she can pay back, yet she does not want to declare bankruptcy. So, Doha must get a higher paying job.
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Summarizing the question: 24 credits + thesis -> eligible for masters degree
Roger has 24 credits but is not eligible . Therefore he hasn't done his thesis yet
Making this even simpler : A = 24 credits, B = Thesis, C = eligibility for masters degree
A + B -> C
Since A and !C (not C) therefore !B
To find: Another example that follows A + B -> C and A + !C , therefore !B
(A) If the mayor and the city council had approved the proposed budget, the botanical gardens would be able to open this week. The botanical gardens cannot open this week even though the city council approved the proposed budget. Thus, the mayor must not have approved the proposed budget.
A = city council
B = Mayor
C = garden opening
A + B -> C
We have A and !C, therefore !B
This follows the same pattern we are looking for
ACCEPT
(B) If I see a science fiction movie, I either love it or hate it. I do not hate the movie I am watching now. Therefore, I will probably end up loving the movie, since it is a science fiction movie.
A = science fiction movie
B = loving
C = hating
A-> either B or C
Since A and !C, therefore B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
(C) If the government or some other party had bought the processing plant, the local economy would have improved. But the local economy did not improve. Therefore, neither the government nor any other party bought the processing plant.
A = govt buying plant
B = some other party buying plant
C = local economy imprioving
A or B -> C
Since !C therefore !A and !B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
(D) Books at Falling Embers Bookshop are on sale only if they are either used books or paperbacks. The book I am looking for at Falling Embers is on sale. Therefore, if the book I am looking for is not a paperback, it is a used book.
A = sale
B =used
C = paperback
A-> either B or C
Since A and !C, therefore B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
(E) If Doha owes more money than she can pay back, then she must either get a higher paying job or declare bankruptcy. Doha does in fact owe more than she can pay back, yet she does not want to declare bankruptcy. So, Doha must get a higher paying job.
A = owe money
B = higher pay job
C = bankruptcy
A-> Either B or C
Since A and !C, therefore B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
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Roger has 24 credits but is not eligible . Therefore he hasn't done his thesis yet
Making this even simpler : A = 24 credits, B = Thesis, C = eligibility for masters degree
A + B -> C
Since A and !C (not C) therefore !B
To find: Another example that follows A + B -> C and A + !C , therefore !B
(A) If the mayor and the city council had approved the proposed budget, the botanical gardens would be able to open this week. The botanical gardens cannot open this week even though the city council approved the proposed budget. Thus, the mayor must not have approved the proposed budget.
A = city council
B = Mayor
C = garden opening
A + B -> C
We have A and !C, therefore !B
This follows the same pattern we are looking for
ACCEPT
(B) If I see a science fiction movie, I either love it or hate it. I do not hate the movie I am watching now. Therefore, I will probably end up loving the movie, since it is a science fiction movie.
A = science fiction movie
B = loving
C = hating
A-> either B or C
Since A and !C, therefore B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
(C) If the government or some other party had bought the processing plant, the local economy would have improved. But the local economy did not improve. Therefore, neither the government nor any other party bought the processing plant.
A = govt buying plant
B = some other party buying plant
C = local economy imprioving
A or B -> C
Since !C therefore !A and !B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
(D) Books at Falling Embers Bookshop are on sale only if they are either used books or paperbacks. The book I am looking for at Falling Embers is on sale. Therefore, if the book I am looking for is not a paperback, it is a used book.
A = sale
B =used
C = paperback
A-> either B or C
Since A and !C, therefore B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
(E) If Doha owes more money than she can pay back, then she must either get a higher paying job or declare bankruptcy. Doha does in fact owe more than she can pay back, yet she does not want to declare bankruptcy. So, Doha must get a higher paying job.
A = owe money
B = higher pay job
C = bankruptcy
A-> Either B or C
Since A and !C, therefore B
Not the pattern we are looking for
REJECT
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If you complete 24 graduate credits and a thesis in our department, you are eligible to receive a master's degree. Roger has completed 24 graduate credits in our department, yet he is not eligible to receive a master's degree. So he must not have finished his thesis yet.
The reasoning in the argument above is most similar to the reasoning in which one of the following?
The structure is:
If A and B happen, then C happens.
A happened.
C did not happen.
Therefore, B did not happen.
Here:
If credits and thesis, then eligible.
Roger completed the credits.
Roger is not eligible.
Therefore, Roger did not finish the thesis.
(A) If the mayor and the city council had approved the proposed budget, the botanical gardens would be able to open this week. The botanical gardens cannot open this week even though the city council approved the proposed budget. Thus, the mayor must not have approved the proposed budget.
This is correct. Same structure:
If mayor and council approved, then gardens open.
Council approved.
Gardens cannot open.
Therefore, mayor did not approve.
(B) If I see a science fiction movie, I either love it or hate it. I do not hate the movie I am watching now. Therefore, I will probably end up loving the movie, since it is a science fiction movie.
This is different. It uses “either love or hate,” not an “A and B lead to C” structure.
(C) If the government or some other party had bought the processing plant, the local economy would have improved. But the local economy did not improve. Therefore, neither the government nor any other party bought the processing plant.
This is valid reasoning, but not the same structure. It has “government or other party,” not a two-part condition where one part is known to be true.
(D) Books at Falling Embers Bookshop are on sale only if they are either used books or paperbacks. The book I am looking for at Falling Embers is on sale. Therefore, if the book I am looking for is not a paperback, it is a used book.
This is different. It reasons from one condition to a disjunction: used or paperback.
(E) If Doha owes more money than she can pay back, then she must either get a higher paying job or declare bankruptcy. Doha does in fact owe more than she can pay back, yet she does not want to declare bankruptcy. So, Doha must get a higher paying job.
This is different. “Does not want to declare bankruptcy” is not the same as “will not declare bankruptcy.”
Answer: (A)
The reasoning in the argument above is most similar to the reasoning in which one of the following?
The structure is:
If A and B happen, then C happens.
A happened.
C did not happen.
Therefore, B did not happen.
Here:
If credits and thesis, then eligible.
Roger completed the credits.
Roger is not eligible.
Therefore, Roger did not finish the thesis.
(A) If the mayor and the city council had approved the proposed budget, the botanical gardens would be able to open this week. The botanical gardens cannot open this week even though the city council approved the proposed budget. Thus, the mayor must not have approved the proposed budget.
This is correct. Same structure:
If mayor and council approved, then gardens open.
Council approved.
Gardens cannot open.
Therefore, mayor did not approve.
(B) If I see a science fiction movie, I either love it or hate it. I do not hate the movie I am watching now. Therefore, I will probably end up loving the movie, since it is a science fiction movie.
This is different. It uses “either love or hate,” not an “A and B lead to C” structure.
(C) If the government or some other party had bought the processing plant, the local economy would have improved. But the local economy did not improve. Therefore, neither the government nor any other party bought the processing plant.
This is valid reasoning, but not the same structure. It has “government or other party,” not a two-part condition where one part is known to be true.
(D) Books at Falling Embers Bookshop are on sale only if they are either used books or paperbacks. The book I am looking for at Falling Embers is on sale. Therefore, if the book I am looking for is not a paperback, it is a used book.
This is different. It reasons from one condition to a disjunction: used or paperback.
(E) If Doha owes more money than she can pay back, then she must either get a higher paying job or declare bankruptcy. Doha does in fact owe more than she can pay back, yet she does not want to declare bankruptcy. So, Doha must get a higher paying job.
This is different. “Does not want to declare bankruptcy” is not the same as “will not declare bankruptcy.”
Answer: (A)
