Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: We know some French Lit students are also Biology majors. Based on this, the author concludes that these students are definitely not French Lit majors.
Conclusion: Some students in the French Literature 205 course are not French-literature majors.
Reasoning: Some students in that specific French class are also enrolled in Biology 218, and every student in Biology 218 is a biology major.
Analysis: There is a clear 'missing link' between being a biology major and not being a French-literature major. The argument successfully proves that some French Lit 205 students are biology majors, but it takes a leap to assume they can't be double majors. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need an assumption that guarantees these two categories are mutually exclusive. Look for an answer that states no biology major at this university is also a French-literature major.
Conclusion: Some students in the French Literature 205 course are not French-literature majors.
Reasoning: Some students in that specific French class are also enrolled in Biology 218, and every student in Biology 218 is a biology major.
Analysis: There is a clear 'missing link' between being a biology major and not being a French-literature major. The argument successfully proves that some French Lit 205 students are biology majors, but it takes a leap to assume they can't be double majors. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need an assumption that guarantees these two categories are mutually exclusive. Look for an answer that states no biology major at this university is also a French-literature major.
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Unlock Full Passage20.The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed to be true at Tromen University?
Correct Answer
E
E supplies the needed bridge: if it’s impossible to major in both biology and French literature, then any FL205 student who is taking Bio 218 (and thus is a biology major) cannot be a French-lit major, making the conclusion follow.
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