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Elizabeth is inviting people to her son’s first birthday party. Within her friend group, there is an unspoken understanding that you should invite everyone and expect certain people to RSVP but then not attend and vice versa. This is particularly true for some of the dads. Elizabeth wants to be inclusive but has recently had problems with some of the other moms in her group, particularly two moms who got in a fight at the last party. Elizabeth doesn’t want to invite them. After talking it over with her husband, she eventually decides to invite them.
What, if true, best explains Elizabeth’s decision?
A. The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.
B. The problem moms generally attend parties.
C. There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.
D. She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.
E. There are no problem dads.
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What, if true, best explains Elizabeth’s decision?
A. The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.
B. The problem moms generally attend parties.
C. There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.
D. She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.
E. There are no problem dads.
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Official Explanation:
Elizabeth is inviting people to her son’s first birthday party. Within her friend group, there is an unspoken understanding that you should invite everyone and expect certain people to RSVP but then not attend and vice versa. This is particularly true for some of the dads. Elizabeth wants to be inclusive but has recently had problems with some of the other moms in her group, particularly two moms who got in a fight at the last party. Elizabeth doesn’t want to invite them. After talking it over with her husband, she eventually decides to invite them.
What, if true, best explains Elizabeth’s decision?
A. The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.
B. The problem moms generally attend parties.
C. There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.
D. She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.
E. There are no problem dads.
Question Type: Resolve Paradox / Explain
Boil It Down: Elizabeth is inviting friends to her son’s birthday party, and the unspoken rule is that everyone gets an invitation. At a previous party, two of the moms got into a fight, so Elizabeth didn’t want to invite them. After talking to her husband, Elizabeth decides to invite them, which means going against her own initial decision.
Goal: Find the option that best explains WHY Elizabeth would invite the two women, even though she originally said she didn’t want to.
Analysis:
It sounds like Elizabeth has quite the decision to make!
In the passage, we see that initially, Elizabeth doesn’t want to invite two of the moms in her friend group to her son’s birthday party. It sounds perfectly reasonable, given they got into a fight at a previous party. However, Elizabeth ultimately decides to change her mind and invite them anyway.
Why?
This is what we need to figure out. This is a great case of a “resolve paradox” question. While the common-sense thing to do would be to not invite them, Elizabeth goes against her original judgement and does it anyway, thus honoring her friend group’s unspoken rule: everyone gets an invitation.
We need to determine which option, if true, would give us the strongest, most logical explanation for why Elizabeth did something against her own better judgement:
A. The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.
A is incorrect because the passage clearly indicates that many parents do not RSVP but then do show up to parties. This leaves the door open for both women to attend, and potentially cause another fight.
B. The problem moms generally attend parties.
B is incorrect because, if this were true, this information would not support her decision to invite the moms. This means they’d both likely be there and, you guessed it, get into a fight again.
C. There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.
C is incorrect because, while this might be true, this does not smooth over the previous concerns she had about the problem moms. We also don’t know if a lot of people attended the last party, when the first fight happened, or if there were just a few people present.
D. She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.
D is correct because, if this were true, Elizabeth would likely be less worried about an altercation between the two problem moms as one of them would not be in attendance. If both women won’t be there...they can’t fight!
E. There are no problem dads.
E is incorrect because, even if true, the passage is mostly about moms. Elizabeth doesn’t have any issues with the dads, from what we can tell.
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Elizabeth is inviting people to her son’s first birthday party. Within her friend group, there is an unspoken understanding that you should invite everyone and expect certain people to RSVP but then not attend and vice versa. This is particularly true for some of the dads. Elizabeth wants to be inclusive but has recently had problems with some of the other moms in her group, particularly two moms who got in a fight at the last party. Elizabeth doesn’t want to invite them. After talking it over with her husband, she eventually decides to invite them.
What, if true, best explains Elizabeth’s decision?
A. The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.
B. The problem moms generally attend parties.
C. There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.
D. She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.
E. There are no problem dads.
Question Type: Resolve Paradox / Explain
Boil It Down: Elizabeth is inviting friends to her son’s birthday party, and the unspoken rule is that everyone gets an invitation. At a previous party, two of the moms got into a fight, so Elizabeth didn’t want to invite them. After talking to her husband, Elizabeth decides to invite them, which means going against her own initial decision.
Goal: Find the option that best explains WHY Elizabeth would invite the two women, even though she originally said she didn’t want to.
Analysis:
It sounds like Elizabeth has quite the decision to make!
In the passage, we see that initially, Elizabeth doesn’t want to invite two of the moms in her friend group to her son’s birthday party. It sounds perfectly reasonable, given they got into a fight at a previous party. However, Elizabeth ultimately decides to change her mind and invite them anyway.
Why?
This is what we need to figure out. This is a great case of a “resolve paradox” question. While the common-sense thing to do would be to not invite them, Elizabeth goes against her original judgement and does it anyway, thus honoring her friend group’s unspoken rule: everyone gets an invitation.
We need to determine which option, if true, would give us the strongest, most logical explanation for why Elizabeth did something against her own better judgement:
A. The problem moms generally don’t RSVP to parties.
A is incorrect because the passage clearly indicates that many parents do not RSVP but then do show up to parties. This leaves the door open for both women to attend, and potentially cause another fight.
B. The problem moms generally attend parties.
B is incorrect because, if this were true, this information would not support her decision to invite the moms. This means they’d both likely be there and, you guessed it, get into a fight again.
C. There will be a lot of people in attendance and she isn’t worried about a fight.
C is incorrect because, while this might be true, this does not smooth over the previous concerns she had about the problem moms. We also don’t know if a lot of people attended the last party, when the first fight happened, or if there were just a few people present.
D. She already knows that one of the problem moms cannot come.
D is correct because, if this were true, Elizabeth would likely be less worried about an altercation between the two problem moms as one of them would not be in attendance. If both women won’t be there...they can’t fight!
E. There are no problem dads.
E is incorrect because, even if true, the passage is mostly about moms. Elizabeth doesn’t have any issues with the dads, from what we can tell.
Don’t study for the GMAT. Train for it.
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