Lesson: Critical/Logical Reasoning - 29t01

Practice Using 4-Step Method For Reasoning

Use the CAT 4-Step Method to answer this question.

A study of twenty overweight men revealed that each man experienced significant weight loss after adding SlimDown, an artificial food supplement, to his daily diet. For three months, each man consumed one SlimDown portion every morning after exercising, and then followed his normal diet for the rest of the day. Clearly, anyone who consumes one portion of SlimDown every day for at least three months will lose weight and will look and feel his or her best.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

Preview the question stem. What do you see in the question stem that's significant?

Countinue

The question stem tells you that you're looking for an assumption. As you go through the passage, you'll know to look for a gap between the evidence and the conclusion.

Countinue