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New Evergreen Gum has twice as much flavor for your money as [#permalink]
 11 Nov 2009, 19:06
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New Evergreen Gum has twice as much
flavor for your money as Spring Mint
Gum, and we can prove it. You see, a stick
of Evergreen Gum is twice as large as a
stick of Spring Mint Gum, and the more
gum, the more flavor.
Which of the following, if true, would not
undermine the persuasive appeal of the
above advertisement?
(A) A package of Spring Mint Gum contains
twice as many sticks as a package
of Evergreen Gum.
(B) Spring Mint Gum has more concentrated
flavor than Evergreen Gum.
(C) A stick of Evergreen Gum weighs only
50% as much as a stick of Spring Mint
Gum.
(D) A package of Evergreen Gum costs
twice as much as a package of Spring
Mint Gum.
(E) People surveyed indicated a preference
for Evergreen Gum over Spring
Mint Gum.
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ezinis wrote: New Evergreen Gum has twice as much
flavor for your money as Spring Mint
Gum, and we can prove it. You see, a stick
of Evergreen Gum is twice as large as a
stick of Spring Mint Gum, and the more
gum, the more flavor.
Which of the following, if true, would not
undermine the persuasive appeal of the
above advertisement?
(A) A package of Spring Mint Gum contains
twice as many sticks as a package
of Evergreen Gum.
(B) Spring Mint Gum has more concentrated
flavor than Evergreen Gum.
(C) A stick of Evergreen Gum weighs only
50% as much as a stick of Spring Mint
Gum.
(D) A package of Evergreen Gum costs
twice as much as a package of Spring
Mint Gum.
(E) People surveyed indicated a preference
for Evergreen Gum over Spring
Mint Gum. "D" for me.
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Option E actually strengthens the appeal of Evergreen Gum. The other choices might cause prospective customers to think twice. What is the OA?
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D it is
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I thought that D would be a good choice too, but the fact that the bubble gum costs twice just undermines the argument.
If:
1) Evergreen has twice the volume of the Spring
and
2) Evergreen costs twice as much as Spring
then
they have the same value for the money
IMO, E
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if you read the question carefully you will see E is the OA. ha ha ha
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ezinis wrote: if you read the question carefully you will see E is the OA. ha ha ha Yes you are right. Silly mistake.. 
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haha just shows how important it is to read the questions carefully. I was caught between A and D and choose D.
After reading the comments realized that it's E. Stupid mistake!
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No mistakes are stupid, learn from it and move on. That's why I shared this.
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