Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Modern navigation systems, which are found in most of todays commerci

Modern navigation systems, which are found in most of today’s commercial aircraft, are made with low-power circuitry, which is more susceptible to interference than the vacuum-tube circuitry found in older planes. During landing, navigation systems receive radio signals from the airport to guide the plane to therunway . Recently, one plane with low-power circuitry veered off course during landing, its dials dimming, when a passenger turned on a laptop computer. Clearly, modern aircraft navigation systems are being put at risk by the electronic devices that passengers carry on board, such as cassette players and laptopcomputers .

The two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a principle that the argument relies on and the second is a conclusion that can be drawn from thefirst.
[color=#ed145b] The reliance of navigation system is a fact and NOT a principle. A PRINCIPLE is a rule/law or moral tenet or some other guideline that is a basis of decision...
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Statistics : Posted by curiouskautuk • on 24 Aug 2012, 07:44 • Replies 9 • Views 33790

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