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by BTGmoderatorDC » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:07 pm

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Everyone who has graduated from TopNotch High School has an intelligence quotient (IQ) of over 120. Most students with an IQ of over 120 and all students with an IQ of over 150 who apply to one or more Ivy League universities are accepted to at least one of them.

The statements above, if true, best support which of the following conclusions?

(A) Every graduate of TopNotch High School with an IQ of 150 has been accepted to at least one Ivy-League school.

(B) If a person is a high-school graduate and has an IQ of less than 100, he or she could not have been a student at TopNotch High School.

(C) If a person has an IQ of 130 and is attending an Ivy-League school, it is possible for him or her to have graduated from TopNotch High School.

(D) At least one graduate from TopNotch high school who has applied to at least one Ivy-League university has been accepted to one of them.

(E) If a high-school graduate has an IQ of 150 and is not attending an Ivy-League school, then he or she did not apply to one of them.

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by deloitte247 » Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:44 am

We need to find what best coheres with the conclusion provided as options.

Premise: All TopNotch High School have an Intelligence quotient (IQ) of over 120.

Option A - Incorrect
The statement in question does not assume automatic admission for every graduate of TopNotch High School who has an IQ of 150. However, it expressed the high tendency of TopNotch High School graduates with an IQ of 150 getting admitted at least one Ivy-League school "provided they apply" to the Ivy-league universities.

Option B - Incorrect
This doesn't cohere with the statement because it opposes the claim that everyone who graduated from TopNotch High School has an IQ of over 120.

Option C - Correct
Yes, this is very much possible that the person in question here graduated from TopNotch High School because all the everyone who graduated from TopNotch High School has an IQ over 120.

Option D - Incorrect
This opposes the argument because at least most students who graduated from TopNotch School should be accepted in at least of One Ivy-league school because they possess an IQ over 120, which is acceptable to all Ivy-League Schools.

Option E - Incorrect
This is also possible, but this assumption is beyond the scope of the question we are dealing with. This statement in question focuses more on those who applied to the Ivy-League school.

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