#23 - Since the zoo has more animals than enclosures, and every animal lives in an enclosure, it

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Complete Question Explanation

Parallel Reasoning, SN. The correct answer choice is (D).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (E):

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[saiffshaikhh@gmail.com]

The format for D was sort of rearranged but regardless I was able to spot the similarity. To confirm though, enclosure=families and animals=children? Or is it the other way around?

[Adam Tyson]

Correct, saiffshaikhh! Every animal is in an enclosure, and every child is part of a family. There are more animals than enclosures, and there are more children than there are families. They do like to rearrange the order of the premises and conclusions in correct answers to Parallel Reasoning questions, because they know some less prepared students will reject the right answer for that reason. That order is not relevant to the logical structure of the argument, which is what really matters. Well done!

Also, children are animals. Like, seriously. Savage little beasts.