Flawed ReasoningDiff: Hardest
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A club owner thinks that because they hired all the best individual players, they will have the best team and will definitely win the championship.
Conclusion: The club is almost guaranteed to win the city championship this year.
Reasoning: The club recruited the city's top individual players, which ensures they have the best team, and the best team is the one most likely to win.
Analysis: This argument suffers from a 'part-to-whole' flaw, assuming that a collection of great individuals automatically results in a great collective unit. Even if they do have the 'best' team, being the 'most likely' to win is a matter of probability, not a certainty. Look for an answer that points out the jump from having the best components to guaranteed success, or the jump from 'most likely' to 'almost certain.' Sports history is littered with 'dream teams' that failed to click, proving that the sum is not always equal to its parts.
Conclusion: The club is almost guaranteed to win the city championship this year.
Reasoning: The club recruited the city's top individual players, which ensures they have the best team, and the best team is the one most likely to win.
Analysis: This argument suffers from a 'part-to-whole' flaw, assuming that a collection of great individuals automatically results in a great collective unit. Even if they do have the 'best' team, being the 'most likely' to win is a matter of probability, not a certainty. Look for an answer that points out the jump from having the best components to guaranteed success, or the jump from 'most likely' to 'almost certain.' Sports history is littered with 'dream teams' that failed to click, proving that the sum is not always equal to its parts.
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Correct Answer
E
E pinpoints the key misstep: from “most likely among the possibilities” to treating that event as more likely than not (indeed, “almost certain”). Relative likelihood does not imply high absolute probability.
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