GMATNinja nightblade354 generis KarishmaB pikolo2510 ammuseeru gmatexam439I had a tough time eliminating (D) and presenting my detailed analysis of the argument.
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Editor: Articles in Gardening Magazine often spur sales of the plants they describe, particularly among people new to gardening.
Editor of particular magazines says: the particular articles (that relate to plants description) published in the magazine
stir sales among people. These people are new to gardening.
Whether these articles increase or decrease the sale, I am not sure at this point.
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Accordingly, we will no longer publish articles or accept advertisements praising the beauty of rare wildflowers.
I am sensing a sort of negative tone of Editor against publishing these articles. These articles praise the beauty of
rare wildflowers. Now I read on to know the reasoning behind his claim/ opinion.
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Most such plants sold to gardeners have been difficult to propagate under cultivation, so plant sellers often collect them in the wild.
OK, cool. So now I understand her reasoning. She says: since such plants are more difficult to propagate under cultivation, so plant sellers often collect them in the wild.
Maybe Editor is concerned about the environment.
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Our new policy is part of our efforts to half this yearly plundering of our native plant populations.
In support of her claim, she further says: Our new policy is part of our efforts to reduce plundering
of x plants by 0.5 x. I could also link that sales are influenced (increased) by articles in magazine
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Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the wisdom of the magazine's new policy as a way of pursuing the intended effect?
I know I am not allowed to distort the question stem much, but for better understanding (esp word: wisdom in the context of argument) I paraphrase Q stem
as below:
Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the execution of plan suggested by the editor?
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(A) When people new to gardening buy plants, they often fail to take adequate care of the plants that they buy and become discouraged from buying those varieties again
Am I concerned about how people care (or fail to care) about new plants they brought? Nope.
The crux of the argument is: plant sellers destroying the plants from wildlife and this is not good for the environment.
Easy out - 1
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(B) Plant sellers who sell rare wildflowers have no reasonably inexpensive alternate way to offer their wares directly to new gardens.
I am not concerned with motives of plant sellers. Easy out -2
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(C) The demand for rare wildflowers rarely exceeds the number of such plants that can be collected in the wild by plant sellers.
Whether demand rarely or always exists is out of the scope of the argument. Easy out -3
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(D) The propagation of rare wildflowers often depends on the plant's interaction with other organisms in their environment such as plants that create suitable soil conditions or insects and birds that disperse seeds.
Editor says if we do not publish articles pertaining to rare species, people will not be as aware of them. This will not motivate plant sellers to destroy the wildlife since these plants are supposedly taken from the forest. But what if that is not the case?
What if these plants do not grow well since other conditions as soil / birds that help in growth.
Then even if plant sellers sell these plants to urban people then these people will not be satisfied with purchase
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(E) Revenues from sales of plants collected in the wild are supporting the discovery of new low-cost techniques enabling rare wildflowers to be readily propagated in nurseries.
How is this choice affecting my linkage:
No articles in the magazine -> People less aware of rare plants -> Less spoilage of wildlife -> Better environment
I believe I went a bit too far at few instances in terms to stay engaged in this argument (It is really a dense one, and imaging
myself to be Editor supporting environment helped to some extent. ), but it seemed to back-fire for option D/ E. May I know where I
faltered?
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