Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: A journalist wrote about a farm, which caused a crowd to show up and break things; the owners argue she should pay for the damage if she knew this would happen.

Conclusion: Ms. Sandstrom is obligated to pay for the property damage if she should have anticipated that her column would cause it.

Reasoning: Her newspaper column regarding a natural phenomenon on a farm resulted in trespassing and significant damage to the property.

Analysis: This is a Sufficient Assumption question, so we are looking for a missing link that guarantees the conclusion. The argument establishes that the column caused damage, but it jumps to the conclusion that she *should pay* based on a condition of reasonable expectation. To make this valid, we need a rule that says if an action causes damage and that damage was foreseeable, the person responsible for the action must pay. Look for an answer that bridges the gap between foreseeability and financial liability.

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The argument's conclusion can be properly inferred if which one of the following is assumed?

Correct Answer
A
A supplies exactly the needed sufficiency principle: if an action leads others to cause damage and one could have reasonably expected that result, then one should pay. Plugging this into the facts yields the stated conditional conclusion.
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