Sufficient & Necessary Questions - - Question 2

"If the forest continues to disappear at its present pace, the koala will approach extinction," said the biologist. "...

beraiahgenesis May 30, 2019

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I watched the video and found out the answer is B. However, I still don't understand why. Is there any way that it could be explained to me?

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Ravi May 31, 2019

@beraiahgenesis,

Happy to help.

(B) says, "Deforestation is stopped and the koala becomes extinct."

(B) satisfies the sufficient condition of the politician's claim, but
it denies the necessary condition of her claim, so it can't be true
according to the politician. However, (B) can still be true according
to the biologist's claim. This makes (B) the correct answer choice, as
it is consistent with biologist's claim, but not with the politician's
claim.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other questions!