Parallel ReasoningDiff: Hardest

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Passage Summary: I need a spot that is easy to see and has room to grow, but the two options for the new mall are either hidden or in a stagnant area, so I'm not moving.

Conclusion: The shopkeeper will not be moving their business to the new shopping center.

Reasoning: The store requires both high visibility and growth potential, but the only two possible locations for the center each fail to meet one of these requirements.

Analysis: The shopkeeper is essentially a picky shopper with only two bad options. The logic is a simple process of elimination: if you need both X and Y to be happy, and the only two available choices each lack one of those things, you're staying home. Look for an answer that mirrors this 'dual-requirement vs. two-flawed-options' structure. The correct choice must involve a set of necessary conditions and show that every available alternative fails at least one of them.

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The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following arguments is most similar to the shopkeeper's pattern of reasoning?

Correct Answer
D
D matches perfectly: “sell out” requires both a small venue and a downtown location. The concert will be either at Jensen (large, so ~~small~~) or at Pembroke (outside downtown, so ~~downtown~~). Since each possible site lacks a different one of the two necessary conditions, the conclusion that the concert will not sell out mirrors the shopkeeper’s reasoning.
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