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Last year the worldwide paper industry used over twice as much fresh pulp (pulp made directly from raw plant fibers) as recycled pulp (pulp made from wastepaper). A paper industry analyst has projected that by 2010 the industry will use at least as much recycled pulp annually as it does fresh pulp, while using a greater quantity of fresh pulp than it did last year. If the information above is correct and the analyst's projections prove to be accurate, which of the following projections must also be accurate. A. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much recycled pulp as it did last year B. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much total pulp as it did last year. C. In 2010 the paper industry will produce more paper from a given amount of pulp than it did last year. D. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make more paper that contains only recycled pulp. E. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make less paper that contains only fresh pulp.
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Re: Last year the worldwide paper industry [#permalink]
22 Jan 2013, 18:33
B because is the only option that use the word "use " an not only as in D and E or produce In A we do not have enough information B makes sense
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22 Jan 2013, 19:51
carcass wrote: B because is the only option that use the word "use " an not only as in D and E or produce
In A we do not have enough information
B makes sense Do you think it would make more sense to look at this question mathematically?
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jgomey wrote: Last year the worldwide paper industry used over twice as much fresh pulp (pulp made directly from raw plant fibers) as recycled pulp (pulp made from wastepaper). A paper industry analyst has projected that by 2010 the industry will use at least as much recycled pulp annually as it does fresh pulp, while using a greater quantity of fresh pulp than it did last year. If the information above is correct and the analyst's projections prove to be accurate, which of the following projections must also be accurate. A. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much recycled pulp as it did last year B. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much total pulp as it did last year. C. In 2010 the paper industry will produce more paper from a given amount of pulp than it did last year. D. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make more paper that contains only recycled pulp. E. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make less paper that contains only fresh pulp. Hi, Let's use numbers to understand the passage. Last year, Recycled Pulp used: 100 units Fresh Pulp used: more than 200 units. For our discussion, let's take it to be 210. In 2010, Fresh Pulp used: 220 (greater than last year) Recycled Pulp: more than 220 (at least equal to fresh pulp in 2010) So, as we can see, clearly option A is the answer choice. Choice B does not hold in the numbers we used. Hope this helps  Let me know in case any clarification is required. -Chiranjeev
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Re: Last year the worldwide paper industry [#permalink]
22 Jan 2013, 20:38
I disagree I feel it should be A
2009 FP-200 RP 100 TP=300
2010 FP-220 RP-220 TP=440
B need not be true
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22 Jan 2013, 20:57
jgomey wrote: Last year the worldwide paper industry used over twice as much fresh pulp (pulp made directly from raw plant fibers) as recycled pulp (pulp made from wastepaper). A paper industry analyst has projected that by 2010 the industry will use at least as much recycled pulp annually as it does fresh pulp, while using a greater quantity of fresh pulp than it did last year. If the information above is correct and the analyst's projections prove to be accurate, which of the following projections must also be accurate. A. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much recycled pulp as it did last year B. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much total pulp as it did last year. C. In 2010 the paper industry will produce more paper from a given amount of pulp than it did last year. D. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make more paper that contains only recycled pulp. E. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make less paper that contains only fresh pulp. IMO: A. Last year, amount of fresh pulp is twice that of recycled pulp. Company says that it will use recycled pulp in the same amount as that of fresh pulp. Company is not reducing amount of fresh pulp used.So to comply with the above condition, company needs to double the usage of recycled pulp at least. For example, Given, Last year, Company used Recycled pulp used= 1 K tons (Lets' say) Fresh pulp used =>2 K tons. In 2010, Company will use at least as much recycled pulp annually as it does fresh pulp, while using a greater quantity of fresh pulp than it did last year. So, Keeping the amount of fresh >= 2 K tons, Amount of recycled pulp needs to be at least doubled to reach at the level of fresh pulp. Only Option A makes sense with this analysis.
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Re: Last year the worldwide paper industry [#permalink]
22 Jan 2013, 22:09
OA is A
This is such a good example of a CR question that requires a little bit of Math.
I thought about this question in terms of proportions:
Current proportion- PULP:RECYCLE = 2:1
Future Proportion- PULP:RECYCLE = 1:1
One additional caveat-the amount of pulp used in the future is more than the current amount used. In summary, The PULP/RECYCLE proportion will be different in the future, and the ACTUAL amount of pulp will increase too.
So the argument presents 3 conditions that need to be satisfied.
1. The current proportion is 2:1
2. The future proportion will be 1:1
3. The future amount of Pulp will be greater than the Current amount of Pulp.
Next I plugged in numbers
Condition 1
PULP=100
RECYCLE=50
100/50= 2/1
Condition 2 and 3
Future
101/101= 1/1
101>100
This satisfies all the conditions presented in the argument.
Clearly Answer Choice A is the Answer
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23 Jan 2013, 01:28
I understand the OE but is the second time that I'm not comfortable at all with these questions from gmac paper test. 
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23 Jan 2013, 15:16
carcass wrote: I understand the OE but is the second time that I'm not comfortable at all with these questions from gmac paper test. I think it is pretty straight forward. Please clarify your reasoning for choosing B, and for eliminating A.
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24 Jan 2013, 06:24
I took 2.5 minutes to get this! It will be easier if we write down numbers.
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Re: Last year the worldwide paper industry used over twice as [#permalink]
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[quote="jgomey"]Last year the worldwide paper industry used over twice as much fresh pulp (pulp made directly from raw plant fibers) as recycled pulp (pulp made from wastepaper). A paper industry analyst has projected that by 2010 the industry will use at least as much recycled pulp annually as it does fresh pulp, while using a greater quantity of fresh pulp than it did last year. If the information above is correct and the analyst's projections prove to be accurate, which of the following projections must also be accurate. A. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much recycled pulp as it did last year B. In 2010 the paper industry will use at least twice as much total pulp as it did last year. C. In 2010 the paper industry will produce more paper from a given amount of pulp than it did last year. OFSD. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make more paper that contains only recycled pulp.
. OFS. Strong word "only"E. As compared with last year, in 2010 the paper industry will make less paper that contains only fresh pulp. OFS. Strong word "only". TO choose between A & B. i assume no.'s as mentioned in above post and got A as IMO
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