Q3 - For Juanita to get to

[charleneroche]

- I know that the correct answer is c and why it is valid because it shows that Juanita must of gotten to the zoo only by the subway because "Everyone knows" the bus isn't running
-But can you explain all the other answer choices? Thanks

[ohthatpatrick]

Sure thing.

The language in these answer choices is always annoyingly abstract. Your best offense is just waiting until you can match one of them up clearly with something the argument did/said.

(A) Does this match with anything? Well, the author DID says that "everyone knows that the number 12 bus is not running this week". But this answer describes a conditional statement, not a plain ol' statement of fact.

Here's the sort of sentence that fits (A),
"When Juanita is mad, everyone around her is aware of that."
or
"When the number 12 bus is not running, all potential riders are aware of that."

(B) Were we talking about mutually exclusive vs. compatible possibilities? Hmmm, the closest thing is the choice between taking the bus or the subway.

Those seem mutually exclusive to me. There's no way to ride both at the same time. Is the author trying to demonstrate that you CAN ride both at the same time? No.

(D) Were we talking about anything like an exception to a general rule? Yes, we were saying that Juanita generally avoids the subway (general rule), but today she used it (exception). Is the author saying that Juanita taking the subway isn't REALLY an exception to the rule? No, I don't see that anywhere.

(E) Do we have any claims about what ALWAYS vs. TYPICALLY occurs? We know that TYPICALLY Juanita avoids the subway. But we don't have any claim about what ALWAYS occurs, so there's no way the author was substituting one for the other.

Hope this helps.