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Columnist: Wildlife activists have proposed that the practice of stringing ... ...

Columnist: Wildlife activists have proposed that the practice of stringing cable TV lines from the same poles that carry electric power lines should be banned because cable TV lines, while electrically neutral themselves, make it easier for animals to climb near electric power lines, risking electrocution. This particular argument for banning the practice fails, however, since some animals are electrocuted by power lines even where cable TV lines are all underground.

Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the columnist’s reasoning?

(A) It takes a sufficient condition for an argument’s being inadequate to be a necessary condition for its being inadequate.
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*This question is included in PT72 (Jun 2014): Logical Reasoning B

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