Read Each Passage

question 5

Multiple Choice

Read each passage.Then choose the appropriate letter or letters to indicate the presence or absence of an error or errors in reasoning. Practices for college and professional football players should not be scheduled for hot summer afternoons.Coaches who push their teams to hit the field for workouts during 98-degree days are asking for trouble.The death in 2001 of Korey Stringer, a 27-year-old tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, provided tragic proof that summer workouts are too dangerous.Football teams everywhere should learn from his example and never give training precedence over players' safety.Having the best football team in the world is just not worth the risk.

• A) circular reasoning
• B) hasty generalization
• C) slippery slope
• D) unidentified or dated research
• E) unidentified experts
• F) irrelevant reason
• G) no error

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Definitions:

Inventory Records

Documents that track the quantity, type, and value of a company's products in stock.

Lower of Cost

An accounting principle that dictates inventory and other assets should be recorded at the lesser of their historical cost or current market value.

Inventory Valuation

The process of calculating the cost assigned to inventory items to determine the cost of goods sold and the inventory asset value at the end of an accounting period.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying weights or significance of different items in a data set, producing a mean value.