Astronomer: Most stars are born in groups of thousands, each star in a group forming from the same parent cloud of gas. Each cloud has a unique, homogeneous chemical composition. Therefore, whenever to stars have the same chemical composition as each other, they must have originated from the same cloud of gas.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the astronomer's argument?
a) In some groups or stars, not every star originated from the same parent cloud of gas
b) clouds of gas of similar or identical chemical composition may be remote from each other.
c) Whenever a star forms, it inherits the chemical composition of its parent cloud of as
d) Many stars in vastly different parts of the universe are quite similar in their chemical compositions
e) Astronomers can at least sometimes precisely determine whether a star has the same chemical composition as its parent cloud of gas.
Answer [spoiler]D, which surprises me, because I thought in Strengthen questions there's supposed to be NEW information, however, D simply repeats information that is already in the passage. Is my thinking wrong here??[/spoiler]
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the astronomer's argument?
a) In some groups or stars, not every star originated from the same parent cloud of gas
b) clouds of gas of similar or identical chemical composition may be remote from each other.
c) Whenever a star forms, it inherits the chemical composition of its parent cloud of as
d) Many stars in vastly different parts of the universe are quite similar in their chemical compositions
e) Astronomers can at least sometimes precisely determine whether a star has the same chemical composition as its parent cloud of gas.
Answer [spoiler]D, which surprises me, because I thought in Strengthen questions there's supposed to be NEW information, however, D simply repeats information that is already in the passage. Is my thinking wrong here??[/spoiler]
