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LSAT

Category - Logical Reasoning

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All ninjas are excellent fighters. Tom is not a ninja, so he is not an excellent fighter.

Which of the following sentences displays flawed logic most similar to that of the above passage?
  1. All koala bears like trees, so if I plant a tree for a koala in a zoo, she will surely enjoy it.
  2. All skunks are black and white. This animal is only black, so it must not be a skunk.
  3. All cows are slow moving. This animal moves quickly so it is not a cow.
  4. All kangaroos hop. This is a wombat, so it must not hop.
  5. All pandas are cute, so a baby panda must be especially cute.
Explanation
Answer: D - The flawed logic in the original passage is most similar to that in answer D, where a character being true for all of one category is mistaken for meaning that it is not true of things not in that category. This also happens in D, when the passage assumes that because a wombat is not a kangaroo, it cannot hop, and fails to consider that other animals may also hop.
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