A.KYLIE’S STOMACHACHE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ANY NUMBER OF FACT...

35. a.Kylie’s stomachache could have been caused by any number of factors other than the food at Joe’s.Perhaps she ate or drank something that evening that did not agree with her. Perhaps she was nervousor anxious about something and that caused her stomach to be upset. Perhaps she caught the stomachflu. Reversing causation is not possible, so choice bis incorrect. The argument does not necessarilyassume she wouldn’t have gotten sick eating the same food at Moe’s (choice c); the passage doesn’t saywhat she ate or whether she even could have eaten the same thing at Moe’s. The only assumption hereis that she was sickened by the food at Joe’s. The argument does not specify the type of illness (choiced) or describe how long it lasted (choice e), but these are not the best criticisms of the argument.Knowing more about the kind of illness she had might help us rule out food poisoning or other food-related illnesses, but the best criticism is clearly a.