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Category - Logical Reasoning

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Nutritionist: “The vitamin content in organic foods and non-organic foods is the same. Therefore, it is a waste of money to pay for organic food products. Organic products are usually more expensive, and so a consumer will pay more for the same nutritional content.”

The nutritionist is making which of the following assumptions?
  1. There are no other nutritional benefits to organic food besides vitamin content.
  2. Organic products are always more expensive than their non-organic counterparts.
  3. All consumers have a choice of organic and non-organic products.
  4. All consumers are motivated by price more than any other factor when purchasing food.
  5. Some producers of organic products are guilty of false advertising.
Explanation
Answer: A - The nutritionist assumes that there are no other nutritional benefits to organic food than vitamin content. The nutritionist asserts that it is a waste of money to pay for organic food because the vitamin content is the same as that of non-organic foods. If there are other nutritional advantages to organic food, then the nutritionist’s argument does not hold, and thus A is the correct answer.
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