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29 Dec 2018, 23:11
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B
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In order to determine automobile insurance premiums for a driver, insurance companies calculate various risk factors; as the risk factors increase, so does the premium. Certain factors, such as the driver’s age and past accident history, play an important role in these calculations. Yet these premiums should also increase with the frequency with which a person drives. After all, a person’s chance of being involved in a mishap increases in proportion to the number of times that person drives.
The claim that insurance premiums should increase as the frequency with which a driver drives increases plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
(A) a premise of the argument
(B) the conclusion of the argument
(C) evidence offered in support of one of the premises
(D) an assertion phrased to preclude an anticipated objection
(E) a clarification of a key term in the argument
Related question here.
The claim that insurance premiums should increase as the frequency with which a driver drives increases plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
(A) a premise of the argument
(B) the conclusion of the argument
(C) evidence offered in support of one of the premises
(D) an assertion phrased to preclude an anticipated objection
(E) a clarification of a key term in the argument
Related question here.
29 Dec 2018, 23:42
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IMO B
Premise 1: In order to determine automobile insurance premiums for a driver, insurance companies calculate various risk factors; as the risk factors increase, so does the premium.
Premise 2:Certain factors, such as the driver’s age and past accident history, play an important role in these calculations.
Conclusion: these premiums should also increase with the frequency with which a person drives.
Premise 3 supporting conclusion: After all, a person’s chance of being involved in a mishap increases in proportion to the number of times that person drives.
Premise 1: In order to determine automobile insurance premiums for a driver, insurance companies calculate various risk factors; as the risk factors increase, so does the premium.
Premise 2:Certain factors, such as the driver’s age and past accident history, play an important role in these calculations.
Conclusion: these premiums should also increase with the frequency with which a person drives.
Premise 3 supporting conclusion: After all, a person’s chance of being involved in a mishap increases in proportion to the number of times that person drives.
31 Mar 2026, 21:47
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tep 1: Structure the argument
Background: Insurance premiums depend on risk factors
Examples: age, accident history
Claim (target sentence): premiums should also increase with driving frequency
Support for that claim: more driving → higher chance of mishap
Step 2: What is the role of the bold claim?
👉 The sentence:
“premiums should also increase with frequency of driving”
Ask:
Is something supporting this? → YES (last sentence gives reason)
Is this supporting something else? → NO
👉 So this is what the argument is trying to prove
Step 3: Answer
✅ (B) the conclusion of the argument
Step 4: Eliminate others (quick but sharp)
(A) premise ❌
→ No, because it is supported by the last sentence
(C) evidence for a premise ❌
→ Too deep; this is the main claim, not support for another premise
(D) precluding objection ❌
→ No opposing view mentioned
(E) clarification ❌
→ Not defining anything
Core takeaway (important for speed)
👉 If a sentence has “should” + gets a reason after it → almost always CONCLUSION
Background: Insurance premiums depend on risk factors
Examples: age, accident history
Claim (target sentence): premiums should also increase with driving frequency
Support for that claim: more driving → higher chance of mishap
Step 2: What is the role of the bold claim?
👉 The sentence:
“premiums should also increase with frequency of driving”
Ask:
Is something supporting this? → YES (last sentence gives reason)
Is this supporting something else? → NO
👉 So this is what the argument is trying to prove
Step 3: Answer
✅ (B) the conclusion of the argument
Step 4: Eliminate others (quick but sharp)
(A) premise ❌
→ No, because it is supported by the last sentence
(C) evidence for a premise ❌
→ Too deep; this is the main claim, not support for another premise
(D) precluding objection ❌
→ No opposing view mentioned
(E) clarification ❌
→ Not defining anything
Core takeaway (important for speed)
👉 If a sentence has “should” + gets a reason after it → almost always CONCLUSION
