On a ten month period, the total monthly sales of new cars within the country of Calistan remained constant. During this period the monthly sales of new cars manufactured by Marvel Automobile Company doubled, and its share of the new car market within Calistan increased correspondingly. At the end of this period, emission standards were imposed on new cars sold within Calistan. During the three months following this imposition, Marvel Automobile Company's share of the Calistan market declined substantialy even though its monthly sales within Calistan remained constant at the level reached in the last month of the ten-month period.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following cannot be true?

A) The total monthly sales within Calistan of new cars by companies other than Marvel Automobile Company decreased over the three months following the imposition of the emission standards.

B) Over the three months before the imposition of emission standards, the combined market share of companies other than Marvel Automobile Comapny selling new cars in Calistan decreased

C) If the emission standards had not been imposed, Marvel Automobile Company would have lost an even larger share of the number of new cars sold in Calistan than, in fact, it did.

D) A decrease in the total montly sales of new cars within Calistan will occur if the emissions standards remain in effect

E) Since the imposition of the emission standards, Marvel Automobile Company's average profit on each new car sold within Calistan has increased.

could someone please explain why answer needs to be a not b ,what is wrong with b , i dont understand ,please explain.


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Hello Archit,

Option E talks about Average Profit which is outside the scope of the passage.

The passage talks about share of MAC and the monthly sales. It does not talk about profits on car sales.

No information is given about profits, only information given is that the sales remained constant.

3 months after the implementation of regulations, the overall % share of mac went down despite its sales remaining constant. from this we can infer that the sales of manufacturers other than mac went up.


Option A, clearly states the opposite of it, it states that the sales of other cars decreased, this cannot be true and hence is the correct answer.

Sorry, I committed a grave mistake got carried away by the tag of the question..Did not go through the stem...Its a cannot be true question.....

Archit