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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:23 pm
If, in a tennis tournament, a match reaches a fifth-set tiebreak, the lower-ranked player always loses the tiebreak (and, therefore, the match). If Rafael, the second-ranked player, wins a tournament by beating Roger, the top-ranked player, then the match must not have included a fifth-set tiebreak.

Which of the following arguments most closely mimics the reasoning used in the above argument?

A)If a woman with a family history of twins gets pregnant three times, she will have one set of twins. Jennifer, who falls into this category, had two sets of twins, so she must not have gotten pregnant exactly three times.
B)If a salesman sells more product than anyone else in a calendar year, then he will earn an all-expenses-paid vacation. Joe earned an all-expense-paid vacation, so he must have sold more product than anyone else for the year.
C)A newspaper can charge a 50% premium for ads if its circulation surpasses 100,000; if the circulation does not pass 100,000, therefore, the newspaper can't charge any kind of premium for ads.
D)If a student is in the top 10% of her class, she will earn a college scholarship. Anna is not in the top 10% of her class, so she will not earn a scholarship.
E)All of the players on a football team receive a cash bonus if the team wins the Super Bowl. If quarterback Tom Brady earned a cash bonus last year, he must have been a member of the winning Super Bowl team.

How should i approach these type of questions ? I found these type of question very confusing .

OA : A
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by sunnyjohn » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:34 pm
if 5th tie-break --> lower rank player will loose the match.

if lower rank player won the match --> there was not 5th tie break.

if A --> B
if NOT B --> NOT A


A)If a woman with a family history of twins gets pregnant three times, she will have one set of twins. Jennifer, who falls into this category, had two sets of twins, so she must not have gotten pregnant exactly three times.
if A --> B
if NOT B --> Not A


B)If a salesman sells more product than anyone else in a calendar year, then he will earn an all-expenses-paid vacation. Joe earned an all-expense-paid vacation, so he must have sold more product than anyone else for the year.
If A --> B
if B --> A

C)A newspaper can charge a 50% premium for ads if its circulation surpasses 100,000; if the circulation does not pass 100,000, therefore, the newspaper can't charge any kind of premium for ads.
if A --> B
if NOT A --> NOT B


D)If a student is in the top 10% of her class, she will earn a college scholarship. Anna is not in the top 10% of her class, so she will not earn a scholarship.

if A --> B
if Not A --> NOT B


E)All of the players on a football team receive a cash bonus if the team wins the Super Bowl. If quarterback Tom Brady earned a cash bonus last year, he must have been a member of the winning Super Bowl team.
if A --> B
if B --> A

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by sunnyjohn » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:37 pm
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:
How should i approach these type of questions ? I found these type of question very confusing .
Its not only for you but its for every one (at least me), Parallel reasoning, and method of reasoning are difficult type of questions.

It took me 2:15 to solve the question of this thread.