Question 1
mSKR wrote:
It is surprising to find out that not many were confused on Q1.
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1. The passage suggests that WIDC differed from WTUL in which of the following ways?
(A) WIDC believed that the existing safety regulations were adequate to protect women's health, whereas WTUL believed that such regulations needed to be strengthened.
(C) WIDC believed that lead poisoning in white lead factories could be avoided by controlling conditions there, whereas WTUL believed that lead poisoning in such factories could not be avoided no matter how stringently safety regulations were enforced.
(E) At the time that WIDC was opposing legislative attempts to restrict women's labor, WTUL had already ceased to do so.
I was confused among A vs C over E.
Although the Women's Industrial Defense Committee (WIDC), formed in 1892 in response to earlier legislative attempts to restrict women's labor, did not discount the white lead trade's potential health dangers, it opposed the proposal,didn't discount means = didn't consider?
so is this reason to say A and C wrong because in options it is mentioned WIDC
believed. So we don't know what they actually believed?
Can I say 2nd part in A and C are right about WTUL?
Please confirm
VeritasKarishma GMATNinja is my understanding correct?
To discount something is to disregard that thing, or to believe that it's unimportant.
So, if someone DOESN'T discount something, it means that they DO think that that thing is important. The passage tells us that the WIDC "did not discount the white lead trade's potential health dangers," so we know that the WIDC thought that white lead WAS dangerous for the health of workers.
Here's (A):
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(A) WIDC believed that the existing safety regulations were adequate to protect women's health, whereas WTUL believed that such regulations needed to be strengthened.
We don't hear directly about WIDC's thoughts on existing safety regulations. However, we know that the WIDC DID believe that white lead was dangerous to health -- but that
despite this belief, the group opposed the legislation. So, we certainly can't conclude that the WIDC "believed that the existing safety regulations were adequate to protect women's health." The group just thought that opposing the restrictive legislation overrode their concerns about health.
In addition, the WTUL had an issue with how the existing safety regulations were (or were not)
enforced, not necessarily with the regulations
themselves. So there's not solid evidence that (A) captures the WTUL's position, either.
Eliminate (A).
Here's (C):
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(C) WIDC believed that lead poisoning in white lead factories could be avoided by controlling conditions there, whereas WTUL believed that lead poisoning in such factories could not be avoided no matter how stringently safety regulations were enforced.
The first piece of information is supported by the passage: "SPEW contended, and WIDC concurred, that controllable conditions in such factories were responsible for the development of lead poisoning."
From this, we know that WIDC believed that lead poisoning was caused by controllable factors. This suggests that WIDC would think that lead poisoning can be avoided by changing these conditions.
Where (C) goes wrong is in the second piece: "WTUL believed that lead poisoning in such factories could not be avoided no matter how stringently safety regulations were enforced."
At the end of the passage, we learn that WTUL supports the legislation because safety regulations were not enforced, and there was no pressure from unions to make employers uphold these standards. So, as mentioned about in (A), WTUL's problem is with the
enforcement of the regulations, not with the regulations themselves. We really don't know how the WTUL feels about how effective the regulations are -- perhaps if they were enforced, the WTUL would be happy with the level of protection provided to workers.
Because we don't know whether the WTUL thinks the regulations would be effective if they were enforced, (C) is out.
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(E) At the time that WIDC was opposing legislative attempts to restrict women's labor, WTUL had already ceased to do so.
WIDC opposed legislation that attempted to restrict women's labor in 1892. WTUL ceased opposing such legislation in the late 1880's.
(E) is the correct answer to question 1.
I hope that helps!
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