Strengthen with Sufficient Premise Questions - - Question 8
A person can develop or outgrow asthma at any age. In children under ten, asthma is twice as likely to develop in boy...
maggiem3333November 12, 2021
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Does the word “yet” give the most indication that the question isn’t focusing on the differences between boys and girls outgrowing or developing asthma, but instead the ratio of asthma in adolescent boys and girls?
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You can read "yet" statements as if you replaced the "yet" with a "however". Often, this will indeed indicate an important point, but it depends a bit on the specific question. Here, the stimulus concludes by saying that the percentage of adolescent boys and girls with asthma is the same, so if we want to conclude that there is the same number of individuals in each category on the basis of there being the same percentage, we just need to know that there is the same overall individuals in each group, and hence C. Hope this helps!
