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When the rate of inflation exceeds the rate of return on the most profitable investment available, the difference between those two rates will be the percentage by which, at a minimum, the value of any investment will decline. If in such a circumstance the value of a particular investment declines by more than that percentage. It must be true that______
Which one of the following logically completes the argument?
(A) the rate of inflation has risen
(B) the investment in question is becoming less profitable
(C) the investment in question is less profitable than the most profitable investment available
(D) the rate of return on the most profitable investment available has declined
(E) there has been a change in which particular investment happens to be the most profitable available
Give reasons for ur choices
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I choose C because if the difference between the inflation and the rate of return on the given investmetn is more then the most profitable investment's, it has to be less profitable.
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C too..
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another C here...
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Re: CR-Profitable investment [#permalink]
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What is wrong with (B) ? 
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the last sentence states: "it must be true that ..".
B is not a must. it is a possible scenario, but not a necessary scenario.
on the other hand, C is a superset of B, and also encompasses all other cases that lead to the "particular" investment declining more in value.
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Thanks qxjmba for the explanation...the OA is C
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Re: CR-Profitable investment [#permalink]
04 Apr 2007, 21:58
vineetgupta wrote: When the rate of inflation exceeds the rate of return on the most profitable investment available, the difference between those two rates will be the percentage by which, at a minimum, the value of any investment will decline. If in such a circumstance the value of a particular investment declines by more than that percentage. It must be true that______
Which one of the following logically completes the argument?
(A) the rate of inflation has risen
(B) the investment in question is becoming less profitable
(C) the investment in question is less profitable than the most profitable investment available
(D) the rate of return on the most profitable investment available has declined
(E) there has been a change in which particular investment happens to be the most profitable available
Give reasons for ur choices
C
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Re: CR-Profitable investment
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