Critical Reasoning

19. Nearly all mail that is correctly addressed arrives at its destination within two
business days of being sent. In fact, correctly addressed mail takes longer than this
only when it is damaged in transit. Overall, however, most mail arrives three
business days or more after being sent.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must be true?
(A) A large proportion of the mail that is correctly addressed is damaged in transit.
(B) No incorrectly addressed mail arrives within two business days of being sent.
(C) Most mail that arrives within two business days of being sent is correctly
addressed.
(D) A large proportion of mail is incorrectly addressed.
(E) More mail arrives within two business days of being sent than arrives between
two and three business days after being sent.

Ans D. I chose C. Why is C wrong


26. Smoking in bed has long been the main cause of home fires. Despite a significant
decline in cigarette smoking in the last two decades, however, there has been no
comparable decline in the number of people killed in home fires.
Each one of the following statements, if true, over the last two decades, helps to
resolve the apparent discrepancy above EXCEPT:
(A) Compared to other types of home fires, home fires caused by smoking in bed
usually cause relatively little damage before they are extinguished.
(B) Home fires caused by smoking in bed often break out after the home’s
occupants have fallen asleep.
(C) Smokers who smoke in bed tend to be heavy smokers who are less likely to
quit smoking than are smokers who do not smoke in bed.
(D) An increasing number of people have been killed in home fires that started in
the kitchen.
(E) Population densities have increased, with the result


Ans B. I chose A why is A wrong

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