When the famous art collector Vidmar died, a public auction of her col

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When the famous art collector Vidmar died, a public auction of her collection, the largest privately owned, was held. 
“I can’t possibly afford any of those works because hers is among the most valuable collections ever assembled by a single person,” declared art lover MacNeil.

The flawed pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most closely parallel to that in MacNeil’s argument?

(A) Each word in the book is in French. So the whole book is in French.

(B) The city council voted unanimously to adopt the plan. So councilperson Martinez voted to adopt the plan.

(C) This paragraph is long. So the sentences that comprise it are long.

(D) The members of the company are old. So the company itself is old.

(E) The atoms comprising this molecule are elements. So the molecule itself is an element.

DwightSchrute · Answer

is the OA D?

that is the only flawed choice, according to me.

ayushkumar22941 · Answer

confused between c and d . i think c is better than d

Labmalo · Answer

IMO C
The argument mentions that the  whole  works of her art belongs to a valuable collections so  each work  of Vidmar must be very expensive to afford. Answer C has the similar structure so it is the answer.

rish2708 · Answer

I think the OA for last one should be E. Can anyone please double confirm ?

Regards,
Rishav

brianshepherd · Answer

I selected E as well. Having trouble seeing how this is C.

rish2708 · Answer

Hi  brianshepherd

My Bad. I posted this query at wrong forum. Answer to this question is indeed C. It was meant for an RC question.

See the point that the artist makes is - " Since ALL of the COLLECTIONS are MOST valuable, I can't collect ANY of the COLLECTIONS"

So the artist thinks that if ALL is not affordable, SINGLE one is also not affordable.

Now when you look at E - It says SINGLE x is an ELEMENT and thus ALL x is an ELEMENT too. But there is no flaw in option E right?

However in option C, it's the flaw ALL x is Long, so SINGLE of x is long too. ( NOT NECESSARILY)

Regards,
Rishav

Skywalker18 · Answer

When the famous art collector Vidmar died, a public auction of her collection, the largest privately owned, was held. 
“I can’t possibly afford any of those works because hers is among the most valuable collections ever assembled by a single person,” declared art lover MacNeil.

The flawed pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most closely parallel to that in MacNeil’s argument?
The flaw with the reasoning is that what is true of the whole is also true of each component—just because the collection as a whole is one of the most expensive in existence, that does not mean that every single work in the collection is priceless.

(A) Each word in the book is in French. So the whole book is in French.- incorrect, this is the reverse of what we’re looking for. In this choice, the author considers an attribute of each component (that is, each word), and draws a conclusion about the whole (the entire book)

(B) The city council voted unanimously to adopt the plan. So councilperson Martinez voted to adopt the plan.- incorrect, since ethe voting was unanimouse, Martinez must have voted to adopt the plan.

(C) This paragraph is long. So the sentences that comprise it are long.- Correct

(D) The members of the company are old. So the company itself is old.- incorrect, this is the reverse of what we’re looking for.

(E) The atoms comprising this molecule are elements. So the molecule itself is an element.- incorrect,the flaw is if it is true of the parts, it must also be true of the whole

Answer C

budhni · Answer

if we see the options A D & E, they are on same pattern. that means , these cant be right answer. IN B , i think there is no flaw and is logical. unanimously means all voted in favor.

In C, it is not certain that sentence shall be long . we can make para long with many small sentences.

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