warrior1991 wrote:
mikemcgarry GMATNinja carcass GMATninja2 abhimahnaI think this question needs a comprehensive answer.
There is no mention of the profits. Also I know bottles can be reused,but can
CANS be reused.So according to me B is out of scope but unfortunately B is the correct answer.
Please help.
IMO C . C provides an alternate reason .Since competitors were selling "
ONLY 500ml bottles",this forced Kooclaka to sell 500ml bottles.
Ok, guys. Start with what we do know. We must weaken the argument, so undermine the conclusion.
The arguments tell us
Quote:
Kooclaka is a full-line vending business, which uses vending machines to sell cans or bottles of soft drinks and individual packages of snacks.
Here, we do know that the company sells something. Just a premise. Who cares.............
When the management of Kooclaka considered whether to fill vending machines in hospitals with 330ml or 500ml cans or bottles, it decided to sell only 500ml bottles, because patients do not leave their beds very often, thus they prefer a larger, reusable bottle.
this is our central argument, the management can fill the machines with either with 330ml or 500 ml in cans or bottles (according to the argument is the same) BUT consider the patients buy them not so often is better to sell the bigger bottles; they (the patients because for logic is the only reasonable antecedents but also could be the company) prefer the 500ml bottles.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
A. All Kooclaka’s products are manufactured by the same manufacturer.
Easy.]This tells us nothing about how to weaken the argument. Completely off
B. The revenues from selling 500ml bottles are 5% less than for 500ml cans.
The entire argument rotates around the economic concept of convenience. Considering B we can have a 5% loss; if the company sells to the patients 500 ml in bottles rather in cans, they are more profitable in this last format.C. Kooclaka’s competitors sell only 500ml bottles in hospitals.
Easy. The competitors and what they do is not of our interest.D. More 330ml bottles than 500ml bottles can be put in a vending machine.
Easy. The option to fill more pieces in the vending machine do not tell us about convenience. Profit or loss in selling our cans or bottles in 300ml or 500ml.E. The average number of visitors is 2.3 per hospital patient.
Easy. The average tells us nothing about the argument and how to weaken it
Bottom line: stay close to the conclusion of the argument. Moreover, this is not, if we wanna be picky, a 700 level but the inferior level: 600/700.
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