Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A school's rules say it must have students with special needs. Because no one with a learning disability is enrolled, the author claims the school is breaking the rules.
Conclusion: Westside School is currently in violation of its charter requirements.
Reasoning: The charter requires students with special educational needs, but the school has no students with learning disabilities.
Analysis: This argument suffers from a classic 'category vs. subset' gap. The author assumes that 'learning disabilities' is the only category that satisfies 'special educational needs.' To make this conclusion logically bulletproof, we need an assumption that bridges this gap. Look for an answer that states that students with learning disabilities are the only students who could possibly fulfill the 'special educational needs' requirement. Without that link, the school could easily have students with other types of special needs and be perfectly compliant.
Conclusion: Westside School is currently in violation of its charter requirements.
Reasoning: The charter requires students with special educational needs, but the school has no students with learning disabilities.
Analysis: This argument suffers from a classic 'category vs. subset' gap. The author assumes that 'learning disabilities' is the only category that satisfies 'special educational needs.' To make this conclusion logically bulletproof, we need an assumption that bridges this gap. Look for an answer that states that students with learning disabilities are the only students who could possibly fulfill the 'special educational needs' requirement. Without that link, the school could easily have students with other types of special needs and be perfectly compliant.
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Unlock Full Passage10.The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Correct Answer
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If the only students with special educational needs are students with learning disabilities, then the fact that no students with learning disabilities are enrolled guarantees there are no special-needs students—so the charter is violated. That makes the conclusion follow.
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