Which sentence presents a faulty either/or argument?

If we don't double teachers' salaries, then the public education system in this country will fail.

If we value education as much as we claim, we should put our money where our mouth is and raise teachers' salaries.

Increasing teacher salaries might attract more competent individuals to the profession.

Perhaps more teachers would continue to teach, rather than leave the field, if their salaries were higher.

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Junior Montgomery

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13 February, 14:09

Which sentence presents a faulty either/or argument?

If we don't double teachers' salaries, then the public education system in this country will fail.

If we value education as much as we claim, we should put our money where our mouth is and raise teachers' salaries.

Increasing teacher salaries might attract more competent individuals to the profession.

Perhaps more teachers would continue to teach, rather than leave the field, if their salaries were higher.

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Anaya Parks · Answer 1

The correct answer should be " If we don’t double teachers’ salaries, then the public education system in this country will fail."

This is because the fall of the education system is not the necessary result of not increasing salaries for teachers. Education system might fail for many different reasons this being on of it, but it is not a logical certainty.