If a poor harvest season in a major corn-producing state results in

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If a poor harvest season in a major corn-producing state results in higher prices for a bushel of corn, corn prices in other states will rise as well, whether or not those states are net importers of corn.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the statement above?

A. Agricultural commodities companies in states that are not net importers of corn are excluded from the national corn market when there is a disruption in the national corn supply.

B. National corn supply disruptions have little, if any, effect on the price of local corn as long as the locality is in a state that is not a net importer of corn.

C. The corn market in any state is part of the national corn market even if most of the corn consumed in the state is produced in the state.

D. Poor harvesting seasons come at predictable regular intervals.

E. Higher prices for corn tend to lead to increased prices for livestock, which rely on corn feed.

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amitavkumar · Answer

How's C answer to this question and not E ?

Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

C

The stimulus says that if the price of corn rises in a major corn-producing state because of a poor harvest, the price of corn will increase in other states, whether those states import or. grow most of their corn. In other words, the price of corn must somehow be standardized. This implies that all states are part of a national corn market, as in (C).

(A) is a 180; if states that are not importers of corn are not part of the national corn market, their prices won't be affected by a bad harvest in another state, which contradicts the argument. Same thing for (B): The argument states that the price of all corn-local and imported-is affected by a bad harvest in one state. (D),is out of scope; the passage focuses on corn prices, not bad harvests. (E), too, is out of scope, since livestock isn't part of the argument, but it might be tempting; it certainly could be true, but it is incorrect because it is out of scope and doesn't have to be true based on the stimulus. (C) is within the scope and must be true.

APram · Answer

It cannot be E because livestock is not the cause of price hike in the argument.

In argument, we are given information that corn prices will hike in states who are not net importers.

So answer is C

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