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17 Dec 2021, 02:30
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Manager: The success rate for new businesses is lower than ever, with only 12 percent surviving the first two years. Furthermore, many businesses already operating are doing so at a loss, or with their lowest profit margin in decades. The blame must fall on the excessive demands of the workers. Profits drop in order to pay for new paint, radios, and artwork. We have lost sight of the fact that work is intended to be productive, not enjoyable.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the manager's argument?
A. Workers, whether they are performing productively or not, often have very difficult and highly taxing duties.
B. In most cases, improvements in the work environment increase productivity by increasing worker satisfaction.
C. The failure of many businesses in the past was due to exorbitant taxation rather than excessive demands of the workers.
D. The failure of a new business is not necessarily the same thing as the failure of an already existing business.
E. The failure of a new business is not necessarily the same thing as operating an already existing business without a profit.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the manager's argument?
A. Workers, whether they are performing productively or not, often have very difficult and highly taxing duties.
B. In most cases, improvements in the work environment increase productivity by increasing worker satisfaction.
C. The failure of many businesses in the past was due to exorbitant taxation rather than excessive demands of the workers.
D. The failure of a new business is not necessarily the same thing as the failure of an already existing business.
E. The failure of a new business is not necessarily the same thing as operating an already existing business without a profit.
17 Dec 2021, 08:11
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I think the answer to this question is B. It goes against the last line of the sentence.
However option C also seems convincing. Please clarify.
However option C also seems convincing. Please clarify.
17 Dec 2021, 08:31
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I wonder when this question is from, if workers are demanding "new radios" that are so expensive that the cost is driving companies out of business. The answer is B -- we know companies are spending money on art and radios to improve the workplace. The argument claims that those expenses are cutting into profits. But if B is true, and if a better workplace makes workers more productive, then a better workplace should help to increase profits. So if B is true, we need more information to evaluate the argument, because we end up in a balancing situation: how does the cost of the radios and paintings compare to the increased profits from higher productivity?
It's possible to give a tenuous justification for answer C, which is very slightly helpful because it suggests that there are other factors besides worker demands that can lead a business to fail (though that's so obviously true that we probably don't need any additional information to confirm it). But answer C doesn't say anything about what might be true of the businesses in the stem, because C talks about businesses in the past, and the stem is about businesses in the present, and we have no information about current taxation in the area the stem is discussing.
It's possible to give a tenuous justification for answer C, which is very slightly helpful because it suggests that there are other factors besides worker demands that can lead a business to fail (though that's so obviously true that we probably don't need any additional information to confirm it). But answer C doesn't say anything about what might be true of the businesses in the stem, because C talks about businesses in the past, and the stem is about businesses in the present, and we have no information about current taxation in the area the stem is discussing.
