Must be TrueDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: If someone is very generous, they aren't levelheaded. Furthermore, if someone is levelheaded, they aren't bold.
Reasoning: Excessive generosity is mutually exclusive with being levelheaded, and being levelheaded is mutually exclusive with being bold.
Analysis: This stimulus provides two conditional statements: (1) Generous -> Not Levelheaded, and (2) Levelheaded -> Not Bold. We can also look at the contrapositives: (1) Levelheaded -> Not Generous, and (2) Bold -> Not Levelheaded. By combining these, we can see that if someone is Levelheaded, they are neither Generous nor Bold. However, we cannot directly link Generous and Bold because 'Levelheaded' is negated in the first chain. Look for an answer choice that strictly follows these logical paths without making the mistake of an illegal reversal or negation.
Reasoning: Excessive generosity is mutually exclusive with being levelheaded, and being levelheaded is mutually exclusive with being bold.
Analysis: This stimulus provides two conditional statements: (1) Generous -> Not Levelheaded, and (2) Levelheaded -> Not Bold. We can also look at the contrapositives: (1) Levelheaded -> Not Generous, and (2) Bold -> Not Levelheaded. By combining these, we can see that if someone is Levelheaded, they are neither Generous nor Bold. However, we cannot directly link Generous and Bold because 'Levelheaded' is negated in the first chain. Look for an answer choice that strictly follows these logical paths without making the mistake of an illegal reversal or negation.
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Unlock Full Passage17.Which one of the following is strictly implied by the above?
Correct Answer
D
D must be true: If someone is levelheaded, then that person is neither bold (given: LH -> not B) nor excessively generous (from EG -> not LH, contrapositive gives LH -> not EG).
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