Flawed ReasoningDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: If Agnes gets her way, a lab needs cleaning. The director likes her proposal. The author concludes the lab will definitely be cleaned because the director's support ensures approval.
Conclusion: The fourth-floor lab must be cleaned out.
Reasoning: If Agnes's proposal is approved, the lab must be cleaned; the director supports both Agnes's and Immanuel's proposals, and only supported proposals are approved.
Analysis: The argument stumbles on a classic conditional logic error. It states that director support is a necessary condition for approval ('Only those...'), but then treats it as a sufficient condition (assuming support guarantees approval). Just because the director likes a proposal doesn't mean it's officially green-lit; there could be budget cuts or other hurdles. Look for an answer that identifies this confusion between what is required for an outcome and what guarantees it.
Conclusion: The fourth-floor lab must be cleaned out.
Reasoning: If Agnes's proposal is approved, the lab must be cleaned; the director supports both Agnes's and Immanuel's proposals, and only supported proposals are approved.
Analysis: The argument stumbles on a classic conditional logic error. It states that director support is a necessary condition for approval ('Only those...'), but then treats it as a sufficient condition (assuming support guarantees approval). Just because the director likes a proposal doesn't mean it's officially green-lit; there could be budget cuts or other hurdles. Look for an answer that identifies this confusion between what is required for an outcome and what guarantees it.
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Correct Answer
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Saying the argument fails to consider that a proposal could be rejected even with the director’s support pinpoints the necessary/sufficient error: support is necessary for approval, not sufficient.
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