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Each December 31 in Country Q, a tally is made of the country’s total available coal supplies—that is, the total amount of coal that has been mined throughout the country but not consumed. In 1991 that amount was considerably lower than it had been in 1990. Furthermore, Country Q has not imported or exported coal since 1970.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) In Country Q, more coal was mined in 1990 than was mined in 1991.
(B) In Country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1991 was greater than the amount of coal mined in 1991.
(C) In Country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1990 was greater than the amount of coal consumed in 1991.
(D) In Country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1991 was greater than the amount of coal consumed in 1990.
(E) In Country Q, more coal was consumed during the first half of 1991 than was consumed during the first half of 1990.
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Ambiguous question - choosing the obvious.
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The answer should be 'B'
Assuming available coal in 1990 was 100 kg. according to the statement available coal in 1991 must be less than 100 i.e 95.
So that means that not only the coal mined in 1991 was consumed but also some of the coal available from previous year 1990 was consumed.
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meenu wrote: The answer should be 'B'. Assuming available coal in 1990 was 100 kg. according to the statement available coal in 1991 must be less than 100 i.e 95. So that means that not only the coal mined in 1991 was consumed but also some of the coal available from previous year 1990 was consumed.
does the passage support for this reasoning?
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Only B fits the statements given in the argument. If more coal was consumed in 1991 than the amt of coal mined in that year, then the total available coal supply would be less than 1990. (since the definition of the total amt is the am to coal mined but not consumed)
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Tyr wrote: Ambiguous question - choosing the obvious.
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(D) In Country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1991 was greater than the amount of coal consumed in 1990.
Could well be that amt of coal mined in 1991 was less to begin with, so D is not strong.
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It is B.
Total available supplies = mined not consumed
If the Total available in 1991 is lower than the Total available 1990, then it makes sense that the total consumed in 1991 is greater than the total consumed in 1990.
"cause and effect"
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This is an ambiguous question i.e. poorly worded one. If u go by what is written, none of the answers has to be correct. This has been discussed here before, let's see if I can find that thread.
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I still remember Chunjunwu posted this question before and the answer is B. Anyhow, the stem sounds ambiguous clear to me.
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banerjeea_98 wrote: This is an ambiguous question i.e. poorly worded one. If u go by what is written, none of the answers has to be correct. This has been discussed here before, let's see if I can find that thread.
yes. i also think so and this the reason i posted it. however, OA is B.
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