srikanth9502 wrote:
Can you please explain why option C is incorrect.If the microwave uses more amount of electricity than used by the advanced models, it definitely is not on par with the available models in the maket and hence is not marketable. On the otherhand option E states that the clothes include thick metal parts, if the microwave is able to handle thin metal parts, it obviously can handle thick metal parts as well.However, I do agree that we cannot make such assumptions in CR. If so, we even cannot assume that the presence of thick metal parts poses a problem. So how can option E present the sound basis to doubt the marketability of microwave.
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An experimental microwave clothes dryer heats neither air nor cloth. Rather, it heats water on clothes, thereby saving electricity and protecting delicate fibers by operating at a lower temperature. Microwaves are waves that usually heat metal objects, but developers of a microwave dryer are perfecting a process that will prevent thin metal objects such as hairpins from heating up and burning clothes.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the process, when perfected, will be insufficient to make the dryer readily marketable?
(A) Metal snap fasteners on clothes that are commonly put into drying machines are about the same thickness as most hairpins.
(B) Many clothes that are currently placed into mechanical dryers are not placed there along with hairpins or other thin metal objects.
(C) The experimental microwave dryer uses more electricity than future, improved models would be expected to use.
(D) Drying clothes with the process would not cause more shrinkage than the currently used mechanical drying process causes.
(E) Many clothes that are frequently machine-dried by prospective customers incorporate thick metal parts such as decorative brass studs or buttons.
Choice (C) does not compare the experimental microwave dryer to existing conventional dryers. Rather, choice (C) compares the experimental microwave dryer (i.e. the prototype) to
future improved microwave models. In other words, they currently have an experimental prototype, and the new, improved models will use less electricity than the experimental version. That information does NOT allow us to compare the electricity usage of the microwave dryers to that of the conventional dryers on the market today. Thus, (C) should be eliminated.
As for choice (E), just because it can handle thin metal does NOT mean it can handle thick metal. For example, I have a pair of scissors that can cut thin pieces of cardboard. Does that mean that the scissors can cut THICK cardboard? ... not necessarily.
Furthermore, the passage specifically tells us that microwaves usually heat metal objects. The developers are trying to perfect a process that will prevent THIN metal objects from heating up in the dryer. If they succeed, THIN metal objects in the dryer will not pose a hazard, but the process does not help with THICK pieces of metal. In other words, microwaves usually heat ALL metal objects. There might be a way to prevent that from happening with THIN pieces of metal, but that would not address the problem with THICK pieces of metal. Thus, thick metal parts would still likely heat up and burn clothes.
(E) is the best answer.