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Saturn Chocolate spokesperson: Mindt Chocolate's new candy bar is most clearly designed to compete with our most popular candy bar, famous for its distinct black and orange package. Mindt uses a similar package, which makes it likely that many consumers intending to buy our candy bar will mistakenly buy Mindt's instead.
Mindt Chocolate spokesperson: The names of the two bars, which appear on the package, make them easily distinguishable. Saturn's bar is called Sniggers while ours is named Chuckles.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the Mindt Chocolate spokesperson's response?
A. Many popular candy bars are sold in packages of standard size
B. Sniggers weighs almost twice as much as does Chuckles.
C. Mindt is a relatively new company whereas Saturn was founded almost a century ago.
D. Mindt's most popular product sells as much as does Saturn's most popular product.
E. Sniggers is most popular among young children who do not yet read.
Mindt Chocolate spokesperson: The names of the two bars, which appear on the package, make them easily distinguishable. Saturn's bar is called Sniggers while ours is named Chuckles.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the Mindt Chocolate spokesperson's response?
A. Many popular candy bars are sold in packages of standard size
B. Sniggers weighs almost twice as much as does Chuckles.
C. Mindt is a relatively new company whereas Saturn was founded almost a century ago.
D. Mindt's most popular product sells as much as does Saturn's most popular product.
E. Sniggers is most popular among young children who do not yet read.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Saturn Chocolate spokesperson: Mindt Chocolate's new candy bar is most clearly designed to compete with our most popular candy bar, famous for its distinct black and orange package. Mindt uses a similar package, which makes it likely that many consumers intending to buy our candy bar will mistakenly buy Mindt's instead.
Mindt Chocolate spokesperson: The names of the two bars, which appear on the package, make them easily distinguishable. Saturn's bar is called Sniggers while ours is named Chuckles.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the Mindt Chocolate spokesperson's response?
A. Many popular candy bars are sold in packages of standard size
Incorrect.
This is a Conclusion Weakening question in the Dialog format. You are asked to choose the answer choice which weakens the Mindt Chocolate Spokesperson position (or strengthens the Saturn Chocolate Spokesperson):
This answer choice neither weakens nor strengthens Mindt's position; it only shows there's a similarity shared by many candy bars, but we do not know whether or not Sniggers and Chuckles are among these candy bars.
B. Sniggers weighs almost twice as much as does Chuckles.
Incorrect.
This answer choice strengthens Mindt's position by highlighting a major difference between the two candy bars.
C. Mindt is a relatively new company whereas Saturn was founded almost a century ago.
Incorrect.
This answer choice is irrelevant, as it discusses the two companies' ages rather than the similarity (or lack thereof) of Sniggers and Chuckles.
D. Mindt's most popular product sells as much as does Saturn's most popular product.
Incorrect.
This answer choice is irrelevant, as it discusses the amount of sales of two companies' most popular products rather than the similarity (or lack thereof) of Sniggers and Chuckles.
It could be argued that similar sales figures indicate people really confuse Chuckles with Sniggers, thereby weakening Mind's position, but this would require some serious assumptions. There is an answer choice which weakens Mindt's position more clearly. Look for it!
E. Sniggers is most popular among young children who do not yet read.
This answer choice weakens Mindt's position by showing that the difference pointed out by Mindt's spokesperson is irrelevant as most of the sniggers buyers are young children who cannot read the different names of bars on the package.
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This is the type of question you should quickly destroy.
The structure of the argument is simple, and it is easy to see why the premise does not undeniably prove the conclusion.
Let's look at the argument structure first:
Premise: Mindt Chocolate's new candy bar is most clearly designed to compete with our most popular candy bar, famous for its distinct black and orange package.
Premise: The names of the two bars, which appear on the package, make them easily distinguishable. Saturn's bar is called Sniggers while ours is named Chuckles.
Conclusion: Mindt uses a similar package, which makes it likely that many consumers intending to buy our candy (Saturn's) bar will mistakenly buy Mindt's instead.
Lets look at the options:
A. Many popular candy bars are sold in packages of standard size - Out of scope. The standard size of all candy bars doesn't matter. What concerns is the packaging (or black and orange packaging to be precise). Eliminate A.
B. Sniggers weighs almost twice as much as does Chuckles. - Again out of scope. Weight doesn't help us weaken the conclusion. Eliminate B
C. Mindt is a relatively new company whereas Saturn was founded almost a century ago. - Out of scope. Lifetime of a company doesn't weaken the conclusion. Eliminate C.
D. Mindt's most popular product sells as much as does Saturn's most popular product. - Out of scope. Popularity of a company doesn't weaken the conclusion. Eliminate D.
E. Sniggers is most popular among young children who do not yet read. -We are left with E only by now. This option clearly weakens the fact that to distinguish between two chocloates you need to read the wrappers. With the consumers being young children who can't read they'll go by packaging and may not differentiate between Mindt and Saturn. This your answer.
The structure of the argument is simple, and it is easy to see why the premise does not undeniably prove the conclusion.
Let's look at the argument structure first:
Premise: Mindt Chocolate's new candy bar is most clearly designed to compete with our most popular candy bar, famous for its distinct black and orange package.
Premise: The names of the two bars, which appear on the package, make them easily distinguishable. Saturn's bar is called Sniggers while ours is named Chuckles.
Conclusion: Mindt uses a similar package, which makes it likely that many consumers intending to buy our candy (Saturn's) bar will mistakenly buy Mindt's instead.
Lets look at the options:
A. Many popular candy bars are sold in packages of standard size - Out of scope. The standard size of all candy bars doesn't matter. What concerns is the packaging (or black and orange packaging to be precise). Eliminate A.
B. Sniggers weighs almost twice as much as does Chuckles. - Again out of scope. Weight doesn't help us weaken the conclusion. Eliminate B
C. Mindt is a relatively new company whereas Saturn was founded almost a century ago. - Out of scope. Lifetime of a company doesn't weaken the conclusion. Eliminate C.
D. Mindt's most popular product sells as much as does Saturn's most popular product. - Out of scope. Popularity of a company doesn't weaken the conclusion. Eliminate D.
E. Sniggers is most popular among young children who do not yet read. -We are left with E only by now. This option clearly weakens the fact that to distinguish between two chocloates you need to read the wrappers. With the consumers being young children who can't read they'll go by packaging and may not differentiate between Mindt and Saturn. This your answer.
