Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: People were asked in a survey how old they felt. They replied, almost

Originally when I attempted this as a timed question, I got it incorrect simply because I could eliminate A between A and E and I could not interpret what E meant so I assumed if I could eliminate A, E should be the correct answer. The grounds on which I eliminated A were logically incorrect. While reviewing this question, it made so much sense why A fits to be the right answer. ­The argument presented in the passage is concerned with understanding the survey responses where people reported feeling 75 per cent of their actual age. The argument illustrates the problem of such responses by tracing how a person's feelings age at one point in time would change over the years, ultimately leading to an unreasonable conclusion.

To analyze the reasoning technique used in the argument, let's break down the argument step bystep:

1. SurveyResponse : People of various ages report feeling 75 percent of their realage.
2. Example : A 48-year-old man says he feels 36 (75% of48).
3. Chain ofResponses:
   
   
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   Statistics : Posted by siddhantvarma • on 27 Sep 2019, 02:56 • Replies 4 • Views 4240

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