Adults have the right to vote; so should adolescents. Admittedly, adolescents and adults are not the same. But to the...

viancafig April 4, 2018

Why is B incorrect?

I selected E as the correct answer choice after eliminating A, C, D. However, I didn't eliminate B because I knew it was wrong; rather, I didn't select it because I didn't really understand what the language meant. Is B wrong because the statement that adolescents and adults are not the same does not really define a term in the argument that is necessary to the reach conclusion?

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Mehran April 6, 2018

Hi @viancafig, thanks for your post. Yes, that is right. There is no "key word" that is made more precise by the statement that "adolescents and adults are different." Answer choice (B) can be eliminated on that basis.

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