Given that drug companies make large profits, we can conclude that they make good

investments. This is because whatever makes large profits makes a good investment. Now, if
drug companies are a good investment, you should buy stock in them. Consequently, you
should buy stock in them.



What will be an ideal response?


ANS:This
passage contains an argument. The issue is whether you should buy stock in drug
companies. The conclusion is that you should buy stock in drug companies. The first premise
is that if drug companies are a good investment, you should buy stock in them. The second
premise is that drug companies make good investments.
This passage contains a subargument. The intermediate conclusion is that drug
companies make good investments. The first premise is that drug companies make large
profits. The second premise is that whatever makes large profits makes a good investment.
Given that ? drug companies make large profits, we can conclude that ? they make good
investments. This is because ? whatever makes large profits makes a good investment. Now,
? if drug companies are a good investment, you should buy stock in them. Consequently, ?
you should buy stock in them.

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