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All good athletes want to win and all athletes who want to win, eat a well-balanced diet, therefore, all athletes who do not eat a well-balanced diet are bad athletes.
Which of the following, if true, would refute the assumptions of the arguments above ?

A

Bob, the accountant, eats a well-balanced diet, but he is not a good athlete.

B

Ana wants to win, but she is not a good athlete.

C

All the players on the Burros baseball team eata well balanced diet.

D

Cindy, the basketball star, does not eat a well balanced diet, but she is a good athelete.

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D

The statement .Cindy, the basketball star, does not eat a well-balanced diet, but she is a good athelete. contradicts the hidden assumptions of the above argument.
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