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Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
Fusarium is a fungal infection that frequently affects hydroponically grown strawberry bushes and is transmitted through fungal impurities in the mineral solutions used to grow the plants. Even though hydroponically grown tomato plants are often grown using the same type of mineral solution, fusarium is only rarely observed in tomato plants. This fact, however, does not indicate that most strains of tomato plants are immune to the fungi that cause fusarium, since___________________.
A. strawberry bushes and tomato plants are not the only types of hydroponic crops that are typically grown using the type of mineral solution liable to be contaminated with the fungi that cause fusarium
B. strawberry bushes and tomato plants typically take more than a year to show symptoms of fusarium, and hydroponically grown tomato plants, unlike strawberry bushes, are generally viable for only one harvest season and must be replanted every year.
C. resistance to some pathogens such as the fungi that cause fusarium can be acquired through exposure to a highly similar infectious pathogen
D. Fusarium has been found in hydroponic crops that have not been grown using the type of mineral solution liable to be contaminated with the fungi that can cause the disease
E. the type of mineral solution liable to be infected with the fungi that cause fusarium generally constitutes a larger portion of the hydroponics used to grow tomato plants than of strawberry bushes
Fusarium is a fungal infection that frequently affects hydroponically grown strawberry bushes and is transmitted through fungal impurities in the mineral solutions used to grow the plants. Even though hydroponically grown tomato plants are often grown using the same type of mineral solution, fusarium is only rarely observed in tomato plants. This fact, however, does not indicate that most strains of tomato plants are immune to the fungi that cause fusarium, since___________________.
A. strawberry bushes and tomato plants are not the only types of hydroponic crops that are typically grown using the type of mineral solution liable to be contaminated with the fungi that cause fusarium
B. strawberry bushes and tomato plants typically take more than a year to show symptoms of fusarium, and hydroponically grown tomato plants, unlike strawberry bushes, are generally viable for only one harvest season and must be replanted every year.
C. resistance to some pathogens such as the fungi that cause fusarium can be acquired through exposure to a highly similar infectious pathogen
D. Fusarium has been found in hydroponic crops that have not been grown using the type of mineral solution liable to be contaminated with the fungi that can cause the disease
E. the type of mineral solution liable to be infected with the fungi that cause fusarium generally constitutes a larger portion of the hydroponics used to grow tomato plants than of strawberry bushes
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Premise: Fusarium spreads through mineral solutions used in hydroponics.
Observation: Strawberries get it often; tomatoes rarely do — even though they use the same solution.
Trap Conclusion: Tomatoes must be immune.
Author’s Claim: The lack of cases does not prove immunity.
What We Need
An alternative explanation for why fusarium is rarely observed in tomatoes — without assuming immunity.
Correct Answer: B
Fusarium takes over a year to show symptoms, but hydroponic tomatoes are harvested and replanted within a year.
👉 So tomatoes may get infected — we just never see symptoms because they’re removed too early.
This perfectly explains the observation without claiming immunity.
❌ Why Others Are Wrong
A – Other crops are irrelevant.
C – Suggests acquired resistance (contradicts author).
D – Doesn’t explain the tomato vs. strawberry difference.
E – Would make infection more likely in tomatoes, not less.
Premise: Fusarium spreads through mineral solutions used in hydroponics.
Observation: Strawberries get it often; tomatoes rarely do — even though they use the same solution.
Trap Conclusion: Tomatoes must be immune.
Author’s Claim: The lack of cases does not prove immunity.
What We Need
An alternative explanation for why fusarium is rarely observed in tomatoes — without assuming immunity.
Correct Answer: B
Fusarium takes over a year to show symptoms, but hydroponic tomatoes are harvested and replanted within a year.
👉 So tomatoes may get infected — we just never see symptoms because they’re removed too early.
This perfectly explains the observation without claiming immunity.
❌ Why Others Are Wrong
A – Other crops are irrelevant.
C – Suggests acquired resistance (contradicts author).
D – Doesn’t explain the tomato vs. strawberry difference.
E – Would make infection more likely in tomatoes, not less.
