PrepTest 68, Section 3, Question 24
In the Riverview Building, every apartment that has a balcony also has a fireplace. None of the apartments with balconies is a one-bedroom apartment. So none of the one-bedroom apartments has a fireplace.
In the Riverview Building, every apartment that has a balcony also has a fireplace. None of the apartments with balconies is a one-bedroom apartment. So none of the one-bedroom apartments has a fireplace.
In the Riverview Building, every apartment that has a balcony also has a fireplace. None of the apartments with balconies is a one-bedroom apartment. So none of the one-bedroom apartments has a fireplace.
In the Riverview Building, every apartment that has a balcony also has a fireplace. None of the apartments with balconies is a one-bedroom apartment. So none of the one-bedroom apartments has a fireplace.
The flawed nature of the argument above can most effectively be demonstrated by noting that, by parallel reasoning, we could conclude that
every fish has fur since no cat lacks fur and no cat is a fish
some cats lack fur since every dog has fur and no cat is a dog
no dog has fur since every cat has fur and no cat is a dog
every cat is a fish since no cat is a dog and no dog is a fish
no fish is a dog since every dog is a mammal and no fish is a mammal
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