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#23162
Complete Question Explanation
Flaw in the Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (E)
The premise in this stimulus is that a gram of refined cane sugar contains the same number of calories as a gram of fructose, the natural sugar found in fruits and vegetables. The resulting conclusion is that a piece of candy and a piece of fruit made with equal amounts of cane sugar and fructose, respectively, will have the same amount of overall calories. What the stimulus fails to establish in getting to that conclusion is that no other substances containing calories exist within the candy or the fruit.
Answer Choice (A) This answer choice would be more appropriate if the issue involved the overall relative health benefits of candy as compared to fruit. The only issue in the stimulus, however, is that of the number of calories contained in each.
Answer Choice (B) No such presupposition is being made in the stimulus. The fact that both the fruit and the candy must have the same amount of fructose and sugar, respectively, is clearly established within the stimulus argument.
Answer Choice (C) There is no such confusion in the stimulus. The stimulus author has clearly and accurately differentiated between the two different types of sugar involved.
Answer Choice (D) The stimulus argument is not circular in nature, as this answer choice contends. The problem is that an unwarranted assumption has been made, not that the argument assumes what it is seeking to establish.
Answer Choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. The stimulus only gives us a comparison between the two types of sugar in candy and fruit. We have no information regarding what other ingredients are involved and whether or not those ingredients contain additional calories.
Flaw in the Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (E)
The premise in this stimulus is that a gram of refined cane sugar contains the same number of calories as a gram of fructose, the natural sugar found in fruits and vegetables. The resulting conclusion is that a piece of candy and a piece of fruit made with equal amounts of cane sugar and fructose, respectively, will have the same amount of overall calories. What the stimulus fails to establish in getting to that conclusion is that no other substances containing calories exist within the candy or the fruit.
Answer Choice (A) This answer choice would be more appropriate if the issue involved the overall relative health benefits of candy as compared to fruit. The only issue in the stimulus, however, is that of the number of calories contained in each.
Answer Choice (B) No such presupposition is being made in the stimulus. The fact that both the fruit and the candy must have the same amount of fructose and sugar, respectively, is clearly established within the stimulus argument.
Answer Choice (C) There is no such confusion in the stimulus. The stimulus author has clearly and accurately differentiated between the two different types of sugar involved.
Answer Choice (D) The stimulus argument is not circular in nature, as this answer choice contends. The problem is that an unwarranted assumption has been made, not that the argument assumes what it is seeking to establish.
Answer Choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. The stimulus only gives us a comparison between the two types of sugar in candy and fruit. We have no information regarding what other ingredients are involved and whether or not those ingredients contain additional calories.
