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Automobile Dealers Advertisement: The Highway Traffic [#permalink]
 01 Aug 2004, 22:39
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Automobile Dealer’s Advertisement:
The Highway Traffic Safety Institute reports that the PZ 1000 has the fewest injuries per accident of any car in its class. This shows that the PZ 1000 is one of the safest cars available today.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the advertisement?
(A) The Highway Traffic Safety Institute report listed many cars in other classes that had more injuries per accident than did the PZ 1000.
(B) In recently years many more PZ 1000’s have been sold than have any other kind of car in its class.
(C) Cars in the class to which the PZ 1000 belongs are more likely to be involved in accidents than are other types of cars.
(D) The difference between the number of injuries per accident for the PZ 1000 and that for other cars in its class is quite pronounced.
(E) The Highway Traffic Safety Institute issues reports only once a year.
Please explain your choices
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I'll go with C. My reasoning:
If C is correct then PZ 1000 is more likely to be involved in an accident than a car from another class. And although the number of injuries per accident for PZ 1000 is low, the percentage of accidents it is involved in is high. Therefore, the number of injuries PER DRIVER-MILE can be high too and that is a good enough reason to believe that PZ 1000 is not the safest car OF ALL
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(C) it is.
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C it is - clearly mentions that PZ 1000 is the best of the worst category of cars.
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Yes, C is pretty obvious...
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Re: CR - Automobile Dealer [#permalink]
02 Aug 2004, 05:36
I think it is C.
The next best choice probably is E. If the report is once per annum, the conclusion cannot end 'one of the safest cars available today'
anuramm wrote: Automobile Dealer’s Advertisement:
The Highway Traffic Safety Institute reports that the PZ 1000 has the fewest injuries per accident of any car in its class. This shows that the PZ 1000 is one of the safest cars available today.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the advertisement?
(A) The Highway Traffic Safety Institute report listed many cars in other classes that had more injuries per accident than did the PZ 1000.
(B) In recently years many more PZ 1000’s have been sold than have any other kind of car in its class.
(C) Cars in the class to which the PZ 1000 belongs are more likely to be involved in accidents than are other types of cars.
(D) The difference between the number of injuries per accident for the PZ 1000 and that for other cars in its class is quite pronounced.
(E) The Highway Traffic Safety Institute issues reports only once a year.
Please explain your choices
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C is the OA
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Re: Automobile Dealers Advertisement: The Highway Traffic [#permalink]
16 May 2013, 07:57
Can someone please explain this question Confused between Option C and D.
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Re: Automobile Dealers Advertisement: The Highway Traffic [#permalink]
16 May 2013, 18:52
fozzzy wrote: Can someone please explain this question Confused between Option C and D. In D it can go either way. It can go in favour of the argument. Ex if PZ1000 has a ratio of lets say 2 and the other has 5 or vice-versa. In both cases the statement will be true. Hence it can't be the answer. C directly contradicts the conclusion. Hence C.
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Re: Automobile Dealers Advertisement: The Highway Traffic [#permalink]
16 May 2013, 21:06
fozzzy wrote: Can someone please explain this question Confused between Option C and D. (C) Cars in the class to which the PZ 1000 belongs are more likely to be involved in accidents than are other types of cars. More accidents means more injuries even if injuries per accident is lower than for other vehicles.(D) The difference between the number of injuries per accident for the PZ 1000 and that for other cars in its class is quite pronounced. Does not say if the PZ 1000 has more or less injuries per accident than other cars in it's class. The pronounced difference could go either way.
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