Elizabeth is inviting people to her son’s first birthday party. Within her friend group, there is an unspoken understanding that you should invite everyone and expect certain people to RSVP but then not attend and vice versa. This is particularly true for some of the dads. Elizabeth wants to be inclusive but has recently had problems with some of the other moms in her group, particularly two moms who got in a fight at the last party. Elizabeth doesn’t want to invite them. After talking it over with her husband, she eventually decides to invite them.

What, if true, best explains Elizabeth’s decision?

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The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.

The problem moms generally attend parties.

There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.

She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.

Correct

There are no problem dads.

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What this question tests

Whether you can explain an apparent contradiction in a way that makes both facts true.

Picking an option that explains one side of the paradox while making the other side false.