Unit 8 · Detecting Reasoning Errors
Port Sunday Canoe Race — Missed Option Error
Lesson 22 of 34
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Glen and Hayden need to qualify for the Port Sunday Canoe Race. They came third in their heat, won last year but a member has since left. Glen says getting her back is their 'only chance' — but has he missed a route?
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The Port Sunday Canoe Race is held once per year. There are three ways to qualify:
- Any team that comes first or second in a regional heat qualifies automatically.
- Last year’s winning team qualifies automatically (as long as the team has exactly the same members).
- One team can qualify as a ‘wild card’: this team is chosen randomly from all the teams that failed to qualify otherwise.
Glen and Hayden are on the same team. They are trying to qualify for this year’s race.
Glen: “We came third in our regional heat. We won the race last year, but one of our members has left. Our only chance of qualifying is to get her to come back.”
Hayden: “If we can get her to come back, it won’t matter that we didn’t do well enough in the regional heat.”
If the information in the box is true, whose reasoning is correct?
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