The older a country is, the more likely it is to be ruled by a monarch. ... ...

The older a country is, the more likely it is to be ruled by a monarch. Thus, since most countries are not ruled by monarchs, if a country is particularly new it is probably not ruled by a monarch.

The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following arguments?


(A) Most novels are not made into movies. However, the more popular a novel is, the more likely it is to be made into a movie. Thus, if a movie is quite unpopular, it was probably not based on a novel.
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*This question is included in PT72 (Jun 2014): Logical Reasoning A