#1 - Advertisement: Among popular automobiles, Sturdimades stand apart. Around the world, hundreds

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Complete Question Explanation

Flaw in the Reasoning - #%. The correct answer choice is (A).

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

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

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[saiffshaikhh@gmail.com]

I got this right, could you explain where B errs in logic? Does it not provide circular reasoning? Or is there no reasoning present in the stimulus?

[Luke Haqq]

Hi saiffshaikhh!

In this stimulus, the advertisement concludes that "if you buy a Sturdimade you can rely on being able to drive it for a very long distance." In support of this conclusion, the author mentions that there's a "long distance" club for owners that have driven their cars at least 100,000 miles. After reading that, I wondered whether membership in this club was representative of the experience of most Sturdimade drivers. It seems possible, for example, that the club has very few members--in other words, even though there is such a club, it seems possible that most people's Sturdimade cars don't actually last for 100,000 miles.

So to your question, there is reasoning present in the stimulus. However, it's not exactly circular reasoning. The flaw has more to do with the representativeness of the sample, which is what answer choice (A) gets at--only those cars that have lasted for long distances are used in support of a conclusion that Sturdimades in general will last for long distances.