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CR · Critical Reasoning
555-605
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Synthetic pyrethroids are pesticides recommended for use in apple orchards to control leaf miners, insects whose larvae feed on the leaves of apple trees. Synthetic pyrethroids also kill predators of spider mites, however. Thus these pesticides do more overall harm than good in an apple orchard.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?
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Spider mites are beneficial to apple trees.
B
Predators in apple orchards do more harm than good.
C
Many consumers avoid buying apples that have been treated with pesticides.
D
Spider mites are potentially more serious pests in apple orchards than are leaf miners.
E
Leaf miners are sometimes parasitized by other insects.
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