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The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, [#permalink]
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The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, the Max 100, included a special design for the tires that was intended to complement the model's image. The winning bid for supplying these tires was submitted by Rubco. Analysts concluded that the bid would only just cover Rubco's costs on the tires, but Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company. Which of the following, if true, most strongly justifies the claim made by Rubco's executives? (A) In any Maxilux model, the spare tire is exactly the same make and model as the tires that are mounted on the wheels. (B) Rubco holds exclusive contracts to supply Maxilux with the tires for a number of other models made by Maxilux. (C) The production facilities for the Max 100 and those for the tires to be supplied by Rubco are located very near each other. (D) When people who have purchased a carefully designed luxury automobile need to replace a worn part of it, they almost invariably replace it with a part of exactly the same make and type. (E) When Maxilux awarded the tire contract to Rubco, the only criterion on which Rubco's bid was clearly ahead of its competitors' bids was price.
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In real world , (D) would not work.Changing of worn out tire of luxury car require time (say a year;unlike sports cars which gets worn out in few minutes)and hence earning an upfront profit is not easy.Also , it is mentioned that just for the looks people will buy the matching company's tire compulsorily , again, it means that the sale of the stepney is a slow process. (B) can be a good deal upfront, so that the tire manufacturer will be able to adjust profit margin through the tires for other models of car.
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analysts said that there will be no profit in this bid . .co says there will be profit due to this bid. the profit can come from some other sale than the sale to company hence D , A was a strong contender but its not mentioned that spare tyre was part of bid or not (if not part of bid then can have different price than the bid price)
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(D). Profit = Revenue - Cost. The premises show that revenue from Maxilux will equal cost. So to strengthen the argument, we need additional revenue from elsewhere. (B) is close because it generates additional revenue, but that revenue is also from Maxilux so the revenue will most likely not exceed the cost here either. (D) is the only answer choice that adds the kind of outside revenue stream we want.
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rjacobsMGMAT wrote: (D). Profit = Revenue - Cost. The premises show that revenue from Maxilux will equal cost. So to strengthen the argument, we need additional revenue from elsewhere. (B) is close because it generates additional revenue, but that revenue is also from Maxilux so the revenue will most likely not exceed the cost here either. (D) is the only answer choice that adds the kind of outside revenue stream we want. @rjacobsMGMAT , great explanation, I marked C thinking that Analysts are not aware of the distance related costs and Co executives are, and that these co executives are sure of saving some cost in transportation. However it would be assuming too much I think. Please shed some light
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betterscore wrote: The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, the Max 100, included a special design for the tires that was intended to complement the model's image. The winning bid for supplying these tires was submitted by Rubco. Analysts concluded that the bid would only just cover Rubco's costs on the tires, but Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly justifies the claim made by Rubco's executives?
(A) In any Maxilux model, the spare tire is exactly the same make and model as the tires that are mounted on the wheels.
(B) Rubco holds exclusive contracts to supply Maxilux with the tires for a number of other models made by Maxilux.
(C) The production facilities for the Max 100 and those for the tires to be supplied by Rubco are located very near each other.
(D) When people who have purchased a carefully designed luxury automobile need to replace a worn part of it, they almost invariably replace it with a part of exactly the same make and type.
(E) When Maxilux awarded the tire contract to Rubco, the only criterion on which Rubco's bid was clearly ahead of its competitors' bids was price. Ok Let us put this down as points 1.Rubco won the bid. 2.Analysts conclude Rubco wont make any profit. 3.BUT, Rubco claims that it actually makes profit. How is it possible?? There has to be a way out.... Option A -Out of scope. We need to show that Rubco will make profit in some way. Option B- is close but it is not addressing the issue. We need to address how this bid will generate profits. Here it talks about the other products etc. Option C- WE cannot conclusively say that there is profit if the plants are closer Option D- This is a constraint on the customer. So there will be extra revenue generated and hence profits for Rubco. Option E - Out of scope.
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Re: The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, [#permalink]
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The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, the Max 100, included a special design for the tires that was intended to complement the model's image. The winning bid for supplying these tires was submitted by Rubco. Analysts concluded that the bid would only just cover Rubco's costs on the tires, but Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly justifies the claim made by Rubco's executives? (A) In any Maxilux model, the spare tire is exactly the same make and model as the tires that are mounted on the wheels. Talks about Make & model. States nothing about price, cost or profit(B) Rubco holds exclusive contracts to supply Maxilux with the tires for a number of other models made by Maxilux. Note: Other models---> although new info but OFS . No information about the cost/ price/profitability of the deal (C) The production facilities for the Max 100 and those for the tires to be supplied by Rubco are located very near each other. so what? It will only help in logistics & operations(D) When people who have purchased a carefully designed luxury automobile need to replace a worn part of it, they almost invariably replace it with a part of exactly the same make and type. Correct. Strengthening in GMAT style i.e. just a slight push to strengthen the claim. It just hints that sales of wheels may increase due to replacement. why not B? - Note the scope here : same model --> same design ---> same tires. But in B it states about other models (E) When Maxilux awarded the tire contract to Rubco, the only criterion on which Rubco's bid was clearly ahead of its competitors' bids was price. This only tells about the criterion
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