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Jason enters six races: biking, canoeing, horseback riding, ice skating, running, and swimming. He places between first and fifth in each. Two places are consecutive only if the place numbers are consecutive.
Jason's places in canoeing and running are consecutive.
His places in ice skating and swimming are consecutive.
He places higher in biking than in horseback riding.
He places higher in canoeing than in running.
If Jason places higher in running than in biking and places higher in biking than in ice skating and swimming, which one of the following allows all six of his race rankings to be determined?
If Jason places higher in running than in biking and places higher in horseback riding than in ice skating, exactly how many of his rankings can be determined?
Assume that Jason's rank in running is higher than his rank in ice skating and consecutive with it, and that his rankings in swimming and running differ. Which one of the following must be true?
The recent proliferation of newspaper articles in major publications that have been exposed as fabrications serves to bolster the contention that publishers are more interested in selling copy than in printing the truth. Even minor publications have staff to check such obvious fraud.
The above argument assumes that
Historians frequently argue that an outlet for population overflow is required for a country's economy to prosper. But we need look no further than our own shores to find counterevidence: Cuba has long been able to rid itself of its surplus population by sending people here, and yet its economy has done quite poorly.
The reasoning above is most vulnerable to which one of the following criticisms?