GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 8): Because of the increasing number of

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism and ___________

Despite safety mechanism, no reduction in injuries. This can only be explained by some additional information which points at severely limited usage of such mechanism by children.


A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles.

will reduce the injuries, hence goes against the flow wrt the last line of the passage

B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles.

drop in chidrens' bicycles will lead to reduced injuries..however this prmpt is irrelevant since no discussion wrt prices in the stimulus

C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle.

safety mechanism will lead to reduction in injuries

D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious.

seriousness of the injury is not discussed..Out of scope

E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.

if children wish to learn through 'unaided' bicycles, it means they will not be using the 'safety mechanism' bicycles..hence there will not be any reduction in injuries..in line with our prethinking

(E) is the correct answer..to complete the passage

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles.
--> This would most probably retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle

B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles.
--> Drop in sales would lead to drop in accident injuries too

C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle.
--> Irrelevant

D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious.
--> The seriousness of injuries is not the subject of the argument

E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.
--> Correct. This appropriately completes the reason for the cases to not retard

IMHO option E

Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because

(1) the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism

and ___________

Here we need another reason that explains that even after mandating an additional fall-proof mechanism the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle would not retard.

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles. Incorrect.

B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles. Incorrect.

C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle. Irrelevant.

D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious. Tangential to the argument !

E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can. Correct !!

IMO Option E

Answer: E

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism and ___________

We need to look for an option which explains the reason why rise of the number of injuries will not retard.
The portion after because is one of the reason and passage ends with 'and', so we need to find another reason which will be parallel to the portion after because.

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles. --> Incorrect. If parents will engage the safety mechanism then injuries will reduce.
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles. --> Incorrect. Cost and sales are out of scope and do not provide reasoning as required in any manner.
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle. --> Incorrect. Past data or survey are irrelevant as a reason.
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious. --> Incorrect. Seriousness of injuries don't matter as long as there are injuries happening.
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can. --> Correct. This gives proper reasoning to the argument. if children learn unaided by any additional safety mechanism then they will tend to fall which will give rise in injuries. Hence, regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries.

To combat bicycle related injuries, manufacturers are urged to put in safety fall safe mechanisms to help the children learn and avoid injuries. But as per the author/argument, it will not result in the change expected because these additional safely fall safe mechanisms slow the learning process and ___________ (we need to complete it now)
Come to pre think the situation, mechanisms slow the learning process and injuries will still happen point only to 1 thing, that children are in a hurry to learn and remove these mechanisms and ride freely

Only point E clearly illustrates this point

Answer - E

The main idea of the passage is : However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles.
this is irrelevant, because does not give any infos, to the fact that the number of fallen ases will be stopped, Wrong answer
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles.
the drop in sales is extremely irrelevant, wrong answer
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle.
How about the other 20%? and what is the relationship with that and the safety mechanism, Wrong answer
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious.
the question is not whether the injury is serious or not, but to find someting that can argue in favor of not retarding the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle, Wrong answer
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.
This the correct answer, if the children have the will to learn whithout the aid of the safety mechanisms, then even if the mechanism is in a bycicle, the child will desactivate it, and this strenghten the fact, that the safety mechanism will present no garantee of not falling,

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles. - doesn't explain why the rise in no. of injuries won't reduce
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles. - doesn't explain why the rise in no. of injuries won't reduce
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle. - doesn't explain why the rise in no. of injuries won't reduce
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious. - doesn't explain why the rise in no. of injuries won't reduce
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.

ANS = E

We're trying to find a second reason in support of this conclusion:



In my own words, the conclusion we need to support is "The new rules won't reduce total injuries to people falling off bikes."

There are 2 different ways to support this type of negative-space statement ("WON'T REDUCE total injuries"):
• The answer choice could be something that will INCREASE total falling-off-bike injuries,
OR
• The answer choice could just show that the new rules are IRRELEVANT to falling-off-bike injuries.


The goal is to find either of these.

Let's look at the choices;


This extra safety measure would be likely to reduce injuries. Wrong way.


This won't have any effect on each individual rider's probability of being injured—but if the bikes become less affordable overall, then there will be fewer riders.
We're interested in the TOTAL number of injuries (NOT injuries per rider!). This would actually have the effect of reducing that total, so, nope. Wrong way.



No connection to the new rule or the new mechanisms.


Well, that's good? Hah... but the only thing we're monitoring is the total number of injuries. We're not monitoring the seriousness of the injuries.



This is it! If this is true, then kids will be taking more attempts each at riding bikes WITHOUT the new mechanism engaged. That's going to translate into a proportional increase in falling injuries.

It's E.

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism and ___________

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles. Incorrect

it reduces the number of injuries

B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles. Incorrect

it reduces the number of injuries with decrease in the sales of childrens’ bicycles

C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle. Incorrect

it cant be a reason why number of injuries will not decrease

D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious. Incorrect

can be a reason but E is better

E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can. Correct

extra safety slow the learning process while children want to learn quickly

Imo E

The regulation would not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall proof mechanism slows down the learning process and .....
Find the option that is in line with the overall passage.

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles.
Out of scope
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles.
Irrelevant. Expensiveness and sales are not mentioned in the argument.
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle.
Incorrect. Gives more reason for the success of the new regulation
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious.
The nature of injuries is out of scope.
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.
Correct. It shows that the regulation will hamper the children's learning.

Answer E for me



Which of the following most logically completes the passage? => We should find a premise that supports the conclusion.



Conclusion : However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle

Premise 1 : the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism

Premise x (Guessing) : and … as the fall proof can be disengaged, users may while having the fall proof mechanism disengaged to learn as fast as possible



Now lets look at propositions :

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles => doesn’t help the conclusion, because if the fall proof mechanism is engaged the number of fall/injuries will decrease so INCORRECT
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles => doesn’t help the conclusion, because if there is drop in sales of children’s bicycle the number of fall/injuries will decrease so INCORRECT

C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle => Doesn’t help the conclusion, has no effect/relation with the conclusion => INCORRECT
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious. => Doesn’t help the conclusion, has no effect/relation with the conclusion => INCORRECT

E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can => is close to our guess, so this is the answer => CORRECT

Conclusion - this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle
Why? - two reasons.. First reason is given .. we need another reason why

POE
A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles. - this means injuries should decrease.. We need reason injuries wont decrease .. Incorrect
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles. -- Drop in sales of childrens bicycle is not the scope of argument -- Incorrect
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle. -- That does not explain why injuries wont decrease -- Incorrect
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious. --- This does not explain why injuries wont decrease -- Incorrect
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can. -- this means students wont use the safety mechanism and so the injury rate will remain the same - CORRECT

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism and ___________

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles.
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles.
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle.
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious.
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.

The correct answer is E.

Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism and ___________

A. parents cautiously engage the safety mechanism before the children go out riding bicycles.
Correct
B. bicycles with the additional safety mechanism would be expensive and hence there will be a drop in the sales of childrens’ bicycles.
Not in line with last sentence
C. as many as 80% of the new learners have been reportedly injured at least once by falling from a bicycle.
Not in line with last sentence
D. the injuries resulting from falling from bicycles are in most cases not serious.
Not in line with last sentence
E. children wish to learn to ride bicycles unaided by any additional safety mechanism as fast as they can.
Not in line with last sentence

Official Explanation is pinned as BEST Reply HERE.

Hello angelscry97
My answer is correct still have not received a kudos for it, if you can please check?
Thanks

Hello. The rule for CR question is players have to explain why one answer is correct and others are not. Your explaination explain only why E is correct but not why other answers are incorrect. However, consider all things I still give you 1 kudo. Please remember to give explaination to all choices as detailed as possible next time👍

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