QUESTION TEXT: The Rienzi, a passenger ship, sank as…
QUESTION TYPE: Must Be True
FACTS:
- The Rienzi didn’t implode.
- That means the Rienzi sunk fully flooded.
- Normally, that wouldn’t happen.
- Sabotage is a possible explanation.
ANALYSIS: All we can really say is that the Rienzi didn’t sink normally and it was fully flooded. We don’t know if sabotage was the cause or not.
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- I don’t see any evidence the ship resisted impacts. It sank.
- This must be false. It the Rienzi only flooded after it reached bottom then it would have imploded.
- CORRECT. Either sabotage or some other unusual cause of sinking resulted in the Rienzi being fully flooded before it hit bottom.
- No…sinking slowly gives even more time for ships to flood, preventing implosion.
- We don’t have evidence for this. The argument implies that the Rienzi would have imploded if it had sunk under normal circumstances.
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