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A jewellery manufacturer produces rings in two metals—gold and platinum. The manufacturer has noted that, over the last three years, the gold rings have consistently outsold the platinum ones by a large margin, even though the designs available in both the metals are exactly the same. This has led the manufacturer to conclude that consumers prefer gold to platinum.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Over the last three years, diamond rings have outsold both gold and platinum ones.
(B) Jewellery buyers give more importance to design than to the metal used.
(C) Platinum is easier to maintain than is gold.
(D) Platinum rings take longer to produce than do gold rings.
(E) Gold rings cost considerably less than do platinum ones.

What are your thoughts on this guys?

Why not A? Any explanation

It talk about diamond rings but does not explain why gold outsells platinum..

D is more better than A but again its supply side issue, not preference related but E talks about cost which makes it better than D.

Should be D.
E states that gold is cheaper which means people will prefer gold. This strengthens the conclusion.

I think you got it backwards or maybe I have it backwards. If gold is cheaper, that would mean people can afford a gold ring but may not be able to afford the platinum ring, So the conclusion that people prefer gold to platinum is no longer valid because there is a component introduced of affordability and if people cannot afford an item they may still preferred but just not buying it.

This is not a perfectly official question, it doesn’t read like it. There’s a bit of a disconnect in terms of affordability and preference.... The question is not bad, but for E. to be correct, we have to assume that the only reason people are not buying platinum rings is that they cannot afford them and I’m not sure if that’s a valid assumption to be always made.

D Talks about the manufacturing difficulties implying that perhaps they make few rings then gold ones? That’s a possibility... I don’t think we can rule out D. as incorrect, just less correct one perhaps.

now I am not a fan of this question after looking at D... One of these has to be able to be proved incorrect somehow....

Thank you for analysing. My thought process:

The manufacturer concludes that people prefer gold over platinum. If any statement can act as a direct support to that conclusion, it will strengthen it. People can prefer a brand or a product for multiple reasons, price being one.

The option D however says that count of platinum rings being produced are fewer than Gold. This introduces an absolutely new line of reasoning with no correlation to people’s choice.

Explained it here: a-jewellery-manufacturer-produces-rings-in-two-metalsgold-and-433615.html#p3436243

I see where I missed. I got too fixated in relating the manufacturing time to low supply. Thanks a lot!

in the forum Quiz I don’t see the option of filtering official questions. Have the removed it as a source?

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