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- Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:48 pm
#98013
Hi Christine,
The problem is that you are taking the necessary part of the conditional as something that is always true. The stimulus says that IF the belief becomes widespread, there would be growth in the demand for government control of the economy. If the belief does not become widespread, we have no idea what happens. I can see where answer choice (D) is tempting because it uses terms that are directly from the stimulus. However, since it's the necessary part of the conditional in the stimulus, we don't actually know that it has to be true in the absence of the sufficient condition.
Hope that helps!
The problem is that you are taking the necessary part of the conditional as something that is always true. The stimulus says that IF the belief becomes widespread, there would be growth in the demand for government control of the economy. If the belief does not become widespread, we have no idea what happens. I can see where answer choice (D) is tempting because it uses terms that are directly from the stimulus. However, since it's the necessary part of the conditional in the stimulus, we don't actually know that it has to be true in the absence of the sufficient condition.
Hope that helps!