Urban planner: A city's downtown commercial district cannot thrive unless the municipal government invests heavily in public transportation infrastructure. The municipal government of Oakhaven has recently finalized a budget that explicitly allocates massive investment into the city's public transportation network. Therefore, Oakhaven's downtown commercial district will undoubtedly thrive in the coming years.
Which of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the urban planner's reasoning?
- treats a condition that is required for a commercial district to thrive as though it were sufficient to guarantee that the district thrivesCevap
- Bfails to consider that a municipal government might invest heavily in public transportation for reasons entirely unrelated to commercial success
- Cconfuses a statistical correlation between public transportation investment and commercial success with a causal relationship
- Dinfers that what is true of a city's overall municipal budget must also be true of its individual financial allocations
- Erelies on an ambiguous shift in the meaning of the phrase 'invests heavily' between the premise and the conclusion
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The correct answer is the option stating that the argument treats a condition that is required for a commercial district to thrive as though it were sufficient to guarantee that the district thrives.
The correct answer accurately identifies an illegal reversal. The stimulus uses the word 'unless' to establish that public transportation investment is a necessary requirement for a district to thrive. The author then takes the fact that Oakhaven met this requirement and incorrectly concludes that it is sufficient to guarantee the district will thrive.
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Necessary vs. Sufficient Condition Flaws