(D) Computation of any sort required a systematic method for writing numerals.
(E) Systematic methods for writing numerals were invented only because the need for computation arose.
7.Politician: Now that we are finally cleaning up the industrial pollution in the bay, we must start making the bay more accessible to the public for recreational purposes.
Reporter: But if we increase public access to the bay, it will soon become polluted again.
Politician: Not true. The public did not have access to the bay, and it got polluted. Therefore, if and when the public is given access to the bay, it will not get polluted.
Which one of the following most closely parallels the flawed pattern of reasoning in the politician’s reply to the reporter?
(A) If there had been a full moon last night, the tide would be higher than usual today. Since the tide is no higher than usual, there must not have been a full moon last night.
(B) The detective said that whoever stole the money would be spending it conspicuously by now. Jones is spending money conspicuously, so he must be the thief.