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What’s the OA for this question. I think it should be A. But, is it there an expert that can confirm the same?

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The mayor was not telling the truth when he said that the bridge renovation did not waste taxpayers' money. The very commission he set up to look into government waste reported that the Southern Tier Project, of which the bridge renovation was a part, was egregiously wasteful.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument

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(A) infers that a part has a certain quality merely on the grounds that the whole to which it belongs has that quality
renovation on southern tier project is wasteful then it means all renovation is wasteful
YES

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(B) draws a general conclusion about government waste on the basis of a single instance of such waste
We don’t know how the conclusion was made – irrelevant

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(C) attacks the mayor's character rather than assessing the strength of the evidence supporting the mayor's claim
Nothing talked about character

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(D) puts forward evidence that presupposes an important part of the claim that the argument attempts to support
puts forward evidence (ST project bridge renovation was wasteful) assumes what argument support (bridge renovation did waste taxpayers' money)
Premises is reverse: because as evidence ST project was wasteful , so bridge renovation wasted money
Wrong

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(E) rejects a position on the grounds that the motives of the person who has advanced the position were not disinterested
Motives of person are not mentioned
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The mayor was not telling the truth when he said that the bridge renovation did not waste taxpayers' money. The very commission he set up to look into government waste reported that the Southern Tier Project, of which the bridge renovation was a part, was egregiously wasteful.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument

(A) infers that a part has a certain quality merely on the grounds that the whole to which it belongs has that quality

(B) draws a general conclusion about government waste on the basis of a single instance of such waste

(C) attacks the mayor's character rather than assessing the strength of the evidence supporting the mayor's claim

(D) puts forward evidence that presupposes an important part of the claim that the argument attempts to support

(E) rejects a position on the grounds that the motives of the person who has advanced the position were not disinterested

A is the other way round imo. He infers the whole has a certain quality because a part of it has a certain quality.

B seems to be correct to me. He presented one instance of a waste and concluded the whole on that basis.

Answer - B
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