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In the United States, vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called “pure aquariums” but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which usually include a “zoo aquarium” of relatively modest scope.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?

(A) In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo.
(B) Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few large metropolitan areas have pure aquariums.
(C) Over the last ten years, newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of two to one.
(D) People who visit a zoo in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit a zoo.
(E) The zoo aquariums of zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby.

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i had got confused with B and D and then went with B...now i feel that B is the right answer
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In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called "pure aquariums" but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which simply include a "zoo aquarium" of modest scope.

Which of the following, if true, helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?

A. In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo

B. Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few metropolitan areas have pure aquariums.

C. Over the last 10 years newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of 2 to 1

D. People who visit zoos in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit the zoo.

E. The Zoo aquariums of Zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby.

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23 Jan 2013, 03:39
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In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called "pure aquariums" but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which simply include a "zoo aquarium" of modest scope.

Which of the following, if true, helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?

A. In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo

B. Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few metropolitan areas have pure aquariums.

C. Over the last 10 years newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of 2 to 1

D. People who visit zoos in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit the zoo.

E. The Zoo aquariums of Zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby.

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I feel its B.
My reasoning is that since there is a shortage of pure aquariums, therefore this shortage becomes a reason why there is difference.
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23 Jan 2013, 04:49
I think too is B because all visitors to zoos, which simply include a "zoo aquarium" of modest scope.
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In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called "pure aquariums" but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which simply include a "zoo aquarium" of modest scope.

Which of the following, if true, helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?

A. In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo
Wrong Wrong direction if local residents (LRs) would be twice as likely to visit A then there would be less of them in Z. The passage supports that there are rather fewer LRs in A.

B. Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few metropolitan areas have pure aquariums.
Correct One could conclude that people from other regions will go on vacation to visit A but not Z since they could do it at home. This would explain why the propotion of visitors to LRs is higher in A.

C. Over the last 10 years newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of 2 to 1
Wrong Out of scope. We do not care about the number of Z or A.

D. People who visit zoos in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit the zoo.
Wrong This says nothing about the relationship of the number of visitors to LRs in A or Z.

E. The Zoo aquariums of Zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby.

Wrong Size says nothing about the relationship between the number of visitors to LRs.
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23 Jan 2013, 07:40
I feel number can play a crucial role and the reason why C is being kicked is that it talks about NEW CONSTRUCTED ZOOS. lets see what others think.
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23 Jan 2013, 15:03
Am really having trouble in understanding this today:-(
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In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called "pure aquariums" but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which simply include a "zoo aquarium" of modest scope.

Which of the following, if true, helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?

A. In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo
Wrong Wrong direction if local residents (LRs) would be twice as likely to visit A then there would be less of them in Z. The passage supports that there are rather fewer LRs in A.

B. Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few metropolitan areas have pure aquariums.
Correct One could conclude that people from other regions will go on vacation to visit A but not Z since they could do it at home. This would explain why the propotion of visitors to LRs is higher in A.

C. Over the last 10 years newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of 2 to 1
Wrong Out of scope. We do not care about the number of Z or A.

D. People who visit zoos in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit the zoo.
Wrong This says nothing about the relationship of the number of visitors to LRs in A or Z.

E. The Zoo aquariums of Zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby.

Wrong Size says nothing about the relationship between the number of visitors to LRs.

Excellent Analysis!

I fell for C. My reasoning was as follows:

Since more aquariums are built, more aquariums exist compared to Zoos. This explains why more people are visiting aquariums. MY REASONING was clearly flawed, because I did not consider the possibility that more Zoos exist overall, despite the new construction.

B is the correct choice. As indicated earlier, less aquariums exist compared to the number of Zoos, so people must travel in order to visit a "Pure Aquarium."

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I feel number can play a crucial role and the reason why C is being kicked is that it talks about NEW CONSTRUCTED ZOOS. lets see what others think.

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23 Jan 2013, 20:15
I also chose B, but for a different reason.

My thinking was that most pure aquariums are located in popular tourist destinations outside of metropolitan areas, so most of the visitors are on vacation. However, most of the zoos are in big cities and are thus mostly visited by local residents.

The creators of the question probably meant the other explanation, though, namely that if people can go to a zoo at home, they choose a pure aquarium while on vacation.
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I fell for C. My reasoning was as follows:

Since more aquariums are built, more aquariums exist compared to Zoos. This explains why more people are visiting aquariums. MY REASONING was clearly flawed, because I did not consider the possibility that more Zoos exist overall, despite the new construction.

B is the correct choice. As indicated earlier, less aquariums exist compared to the number of Zoos, so people must travel in order to visit a "Pure Aquarium."

Actually, notice another thing. You don't have to explain why more people are visiting pure aquariums (actually that may not be true. Overall, the number of people visiting pure aquariums might be lesser). You have to explain why visitors to pure aquariums are 50% vacationers (and other 50% are perhaps local people) while visitors to zoos are only 25% vacationers while other 75% are local people. The number of people visiting the pure aquarium and the number visiting the zoo are not an issue at all. The issue is the different demography: vacationers vs locals.
The reasons can be two:
- Vacationers find pure aquariums attractive for some reason (as B explains - its because there are fewer pure aquariums)
- Local people prefer zoo over pure aquarium (probably because their kids want to visit zoos and often)
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Actually, notice another thing. You don't have to explain why more people are visiting pure aquariums (actually that may not be true. Overall, the number of people visiting pure aquariums might be lesser). You have to explain why visitors to pure aquariums are 50% vacationers (and other 50% are perhaps local people) while visitors to zoos are only 25% vacationers while other 75% are local people. The number of people visiting the pure aquarium and the number visiting the zoo are not an issue at all. The issue is the different demography: vacationers vs locals. The reasons can be two: - Vacationers find pure aquariums attractive for some reason (as C explains - its because there are fewer pure aquariums) - Local people prefer zoo over pure aquarium (probably because their kids want to visit zoos and often) That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation Manager Joined: 13 Feb 2012 Posts: 141 Location: Italy Concentration: General Management, Entrepreneurship GMAT 1: 560 Q36 V34 GPA: 3.1 WE: Sales (Transportation) Re: In the United States, vacationers account for more than half [#permalink] ### Show Tags 30 Jan 2013, 04:12 1 This post received KUDOS One little helpful trick here is to try and figure out an explanation even before you read the options. Why would there be many more tourists to aquariums than to zoos? maybe because there are more zoos for the locals to visit. If a family has one aquarium close to home and two zoos it makes sense for them to visit the aquarium one time a year, and each of the two zoos one time. Resulting in a bigger number of locals visiting zoos. Or another explanation could be that the zoo changes animals more often so it makes more sense for locals to go visit more often. If you scan the options and find one that s coherent with your train of thoughts (like in this case) then you are in a good spot. _________________ "The Burnout" - My Debrief Kudos if I helped you Andy Manager Joined: 12 Dec 2012 Posts: 221 Concentration: Leadership, Marketing GMAT 1: 540 Q36 V28 GMAT 2: 550 Q39 V27 GMAT 3: 620 Q42 V33 GPA: 2.82 WE: Human Resources (Health Care) Re: In the United States, vacationers account for more than half [#permalink] ### Show Tags 13 Mar 2013, 04:58 Hmmmmmmmmmm ... I still believe that B is out of scope . Can any body clarify more why B in particular ? Thanks in advance _________________ My RC Recipe http://gmatclub.com/forum/the-rc-recipe-149577.html My Problem Takeaway Template http://gmatclub.com/forum/the-simplest-problem-takeaway-template-150646.html Senior Manager Status: Making every effort to create original content for you!! 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(B) Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few large metropolitan areas have pure aquariums. (C) Over the last ten years, newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of two to one. (D) People who visit a zoo in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit a zoo. (E) The zoo aquariums of zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby. The stimulus says that Vacations account of > 50% (lets say 50) of all visitors at "aquariums", this implies that the rest i.e. < 50% (50) are locals. But these same visitors account for < 25% (50) of all visitors ($$\frac{25* 50}{100}$$= 200) at) "Zoos"; this would imply that >75% (200 - 25 = 175) are locals. If there must be more zoos than pure aquariums, then people from other areas (vacationers) will visit the places which are not available to them in their local areas. This is a tough question and it could be difficult to answer it correctly under 2 minutes. 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In a paradox question, incorrect answer choices are those which: 1. explain only one side of the paradox, 2. similarities and differences e.g. when a stem contains a paradox where two items are different and answer choice which explains why two are same, can never be an answer.( Power Score CR Concept) Here applying rule1, only B qualifies. 1 paradox: vacationers visit aquariums in large numbers 2 paradox: vacationers visit zoo aquarium in less numbers. Hope it clarifies. Regards, Ashish Senior Manager Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Posts: 412 Re: In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all [#permalink] ### Show Tags 24 Sep 2014, 09:19 VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: jgomey wrote: I fell for C. My reasoning was as follows: Since more aquariums are built, more aquariums exist compared to Zoos. This explains why more people are visiting aquariums. MY REASONING was clearly flawed, because I did not consider the possibility that more Zoos exist overall, despite the new construction. B is the correct choice. As indicated earlier, less aquariums exist compared to the number of Zoos, so people must travel in order to visit a "Pure Aquarium." Actually, notice another thing. You don't have to explain why more people are visiting pure aquariums (actually that may not be true. Overall, the number of people visiting pure aquariums might be lesser). You have to explain why visitors to pure aquariums are 50% vacationers (and other 50% are perhaps local people) while visitors to zoos are only 25% vacationers while other 75% are local people. The number of people visiting the pure aquarium and the number visiting the zoo are not an issue at all. The issue is the different demography: vacationers vs locals. The reasons can be two: - Vacationers find pure aquariums attractive for some reason (as C explains - its because there are fewer pure aquariums) - Local people prefer zoo over pure aquarium (probably because their kids want to visit zoos and often) Hi Karishma, I don't understand from your post what you think is the right answer. Can you elaborate? Retired Moderator Joined: 16 Jun 2012 Posts: 1086 Location: United States Re: In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all [#permalink] ### Show Tags 24 Sep 2014, 12:24 Good question. A lot of traps. In the USA, Vacationers account for more than half of all visitors to what are technically called "pure aquariums" but for fewer than one quarter of all visitors to zoos, which simply include a "zoo aquarium" of modest scope. Which of the following, if true, helps to account for the difference described above between visitors to zoos and visitors to pure aquariums? A. In cities that have both a zoo and a pure aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo Wrong. The argument says "vacationers" in general, NOT just "local residents". B. Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos, whereas only a few metropolitan areas have pure aquariums. Correct. B mentions the basic rule "DEMAND-SUPPLY". This is very frequently shown on GMAT. If supply is less than demand, definitely the number of vacationers going to pure aquarium must be greater than that of vacationers going to zoo. C. Over the last 10 years newly constructed pure aquariums have outnumbered newly established zoos by a factor of 2 to 1 Wrong. The greater number of aquarium does not mean the greater number of vacationers. It depends on the "supply-demand" rule. D. People who visit zoos in a given year are two times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that year than are people who do not visit the zoo. Wrong. Same error as in A. The argument says "vacationers" in general, NOT just "People who visit zoos". How about people who do NOT visit zoo? D can't explain. E. The Zoo aquariums of Zoos that are in the same city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than the aquariums of zoos that have no pure aquarium nearby. Wrong. Th size of zoo aquarium does not directly mean the greater/less number of vacationers. Only B make sense and is correct. Takeaway: Be aware of the supply-demand logic in GMAT. Hope my simple explanation helps. _________________ Please +1 KUDO if my post helps. Thank you. "Designing cars consumes you; it has a hold on your spirit which is incredibly powerful. It's not something you can do part time, you have do it with all your heart and soul or you're going to get it wrong." Chris Bangle - Former BMW Chief of Design. 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