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[skyler.schoolfield]

P: It is often true that inventors don't reap the financial benefits of their inventions.

(A): (If an inventor is not wronged by society, he will reap the financial benefit of his invention.)
(A): (To be wronged by society is to be prevented from reaping financial benefits that are fair.)

C: It is often true that inventors have been wronged by society.

Thank you,
Sky

[ohthatpatrick]

If we have a premise that says
“It’s often true that investors are X”
and a conclusion that says
“it‘s often true that investors are Y”

then the sufficient assumption is
“if you’re X, then you’re Y”

An equivalent way of writing that is in contrapositive form
“if you’re not Y, then you’re not X”

So here, we want a link from “don’t reap financial benefits” to “have been wronged by society”.

One possible right answer:
“If you don’t reap financial benefits, then you have been wronged by society”
The other possible right answer (contrapositive)
“If you haven’t been wronged by society, then you have reaped financial benefits.”

We always need
if PREM, then CONC

The 1st option looks like our contrapositive.
“If haven’t been wronged, then reaped financial benefits.”

The 2nd option is a trap reversal/negation:
“If HAVE been wronged, then you haven’t reaped financial benefits”
(also, it brings in the concept of fair, which was never discussed”

If the 2nd option had said
“To be prevented from reaping financial benefits of your inventions is to be wronged by society” it would be correct.

Hope this helps