Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Although aspirin has been proven to eliminate moderate fever associate

­The passage highlights two key points:
1. Aspirin eliminates moderate fever.
2. Moderate fever benefits the body's fight against illness by:
    - Stimulating white blood cells.
    - Inhibiting the growth of somebacteria.

(A) Aspirin, an effective painkiller, alleviates the pain and discomfort of manyillnesses.
Pain relief is a benefit of aspirin, but it's not directly related to the passage's discussion about fever and fightingillness.

(B) Aspirin can prolong a patient’s illness by eliminating moderate fever helpful in fighting somediseases.
This conclusion is strongly supported by the passage. Since aspirin eliminates fever and fever helps fight illness, aspirin use could potentially prolongillness.

(C) Aspirin inhibit the growth of white blood cells, which are necessary for fighting someillnesses.
The passage doesn't say aspirin inhibits white blood cells, only that fever stimulatesthem.

(D) Aspirin inhibit the growth of white blood cells, which are
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Statistics : Posted by Gemmie • on 16 May 2007, 05:55 • Replies 21 • Views 49540

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