Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: For a group of countries to be powerful in global politics, they must act aggressively. This only happens if every single member thinks a problem is serious, and they only think it's serious if it hurts their money. Therefore, the EU won't be powerful in this way.
Conclusion: Not all member countries of the European Union will be strong in foreign policy.
Reasoning: Strength in foreign policy requires an aggressive response, which requires every member to perceive a problem as grave, which in turn requires every member to agree that the problem threatens the alliance's economy.
Analysis: This argument is built on a conditional chain: Strong Foreign Policy -> Aggressive Response -> Perceive as Grave -> Agree on Economic Threat. The conclusion is a 'Not' statement (Not Strong FP), which in formal logic is the 'then' part of a contrapositive. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need a premise that triggers the chain's collapse. Look for an answer that guarantees the EU countries will not all agree that a problem threatens their economy, as this would prove they won't be strong in foreign policy.
Conclusion: Not all member countries of the European Union will be strong in foreign policy.
Reasoning: Strength in foreign policy requires an aggressive response, which requires every member to perceive a problem as grave, which in turn requires every member to agree that the problem threatens the alliance's economy.
Analysis: This argument is built on a conditional chain: Strong Foreign Policy -> Aggressive Response -> Perceive as Grave -> Agree on Economic Threat. The conclusion is a 'Not' statement (Not Strong FP), which in formal logic is the 'then' part of a contrapositive. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need a premise that triggers the chain's collapse. Look for an answer that guarantees the EU countries will not all agree that a problem threatens their economy, as this would prove they won't be strong in foreign policy.
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Unlock Full Passage26.The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Correct Answer
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If problems that appear to some EU members to threaten the alliance’s economy do not appear so to others, then the EU will not all agree that problems threaten the economy. By the given conditionals, that ensures not all perceive problems as grave → no aggressive response → not all members are strong. This assumption makes the conclusion follow.
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