Many people experience deficiencies in their intake of certain

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Many people experience deficiencies in their intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin D, calcium, and zinc. Many companies sell supplements that allow people to increase their intake of individual vitamins and minerals. People can also purchase multivitamins. The leading multivitamin brands provide vitamin D, calcium, and zinc in doses equal to those found in many of the individual supplements.

Which of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?

(A) Not all people switching from individual calcium supplements to multivitamins need to increase the number of pills they take daily.

(B) People who are not deficient in vitamin D, calcium, or zinc should not take multivitamins.

(C) It would be more cost-effective for people to take a multivitamin than to take individual supplements.

(D) Multivitamins are the most effective way of increasing one's intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals.

(E) Multivitamins contain some vitamins that are not available individually.

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vasu1104 · Answer

many people experience deficiencies in their intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals.
many companies sell supplements that allow people to increaser their intake of individual vitamins and minerals.
people can purchase multivitamins.
leading multivitamin brands dose is in equal to those found in many of individual supplements.

A perfect. we know one multivitamins contain same does as single supplement. so if someone switches from one supplement to multivitamins they dont need to increase their num of pills.
B passage never compares who should take it an who should not. it just informs us that multivitamins posses the same dose as single supplement does. out.
C no mention of cost effectiveness in the passage. we only know about the does comparison but not about the price. reject.
D most effective is too extreme here, out.
E no such mention. we are only told about 3 specific vitamins and they are available in both type of supplements. out.

choice A

Vivek1707 · Answer

Key Trap: 
  Be careful with supported inference questions. The passage only tells us that leading multivitamins contain vitamin D, calcium, and zinc in doses comparable to many individual supplements. It  does not  make claims about  cost ,  effectiveness , or  medical recommendations . Choice (A) is carefully worded (" Not all " and " need to "), making it the only inference directly supported by the passage.

A. Correct  Since leading multivitamins provide vitamin D, calcium, and zinc in doses equal to many individual supplements, someone taking only an individual calcium supplement could switch to a multivitamin without necessarily taking more pills. The passage supports the possibility, not that it is always true.
 B.  Incorrect The passage does not recommend who should or should not take multivitamins. This is a normative claim that goes beyond the information given.
 C.  Incorrect No information is provided about the relative cost of multivitamins and individual supplements.
 D.  Incorrect The passage compares the vitamin content of multivitamins and individual supplements but says nothing about which is more effective.
 E.  Incorrect The passage does not discuss whether all vitamins in multivitamins are available individually. This introduces information not provided.

Aurora99 · Answer

Which of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?

(A) Not all people switching from individual calcium supplements to multivitamins need to increase the number of pills they take daily.
 Correct:  we know that the leading multivitamin brands provide vitamin D, calcium, and zinc in doses equal to those found in many of the individual supplements. So we can infer that not all people need to increase the number of pills they take daily. We are using hedged language, so it’s a probable inference; it’s not something we are stating confidently using strong language.

(B) People who are not deficient in vitamin D, calcium, or zinc should not take multivitamins.
 Wrong:  If it’s not mentioned, we don’t know it. The passage is presenting facct, not recommendations

(C) It would be more cost-effective for people to take a multivitamin than to take individual supplements.
 Wrong:  the passage doesn’t deal with  costs .

(D) Multivitamins are the most effective way of increasing one's intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals.
 Wrong:  the language is out of proportion. We cannot know whether multivitamins are the  most effective  way of increasing one's intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals. The passage doesn’t adress effectiveness.

(E) Multivitamins contain some vitamins that are not available individually.
 Wrong:  just three multivitamins are mentioned, we don’t know anything about some other vitamins.

TheAdmissionHub · Answer

Which of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?

(A) Not all people switching from individual calcium supplements to multivitamins need to increase the number of pills they take daily.
 Correct:  we know that the leading multivitamin brands provide vitamin D, calcium, and zinc in doses equal to those found in many of the individual supplements. So we can infer that not all people need to increase the number of pills they take daily. We are using hedged language, so it’s a probable inference; it’s not something we are stating confidently using strong language.

(B) People who are not deficient in vitamin D, calcium, or zinc should not take multivitamins.
 Wrong:  If it’s not mentioned, we don’t know it. The passage is presenting facct, not recommendations

(C) It would be more cost-effective for people to take a multivitamin than to take individual supplements.
 Wrong:  the passage doesn’t deal with  costs .

(D) Multivitamins are the most effective way of increasing one's intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals.
 Wrong:  the language is out of proportion. We cannot know whether multivitamins are the  most effective  way of increasing one's intake of certain essential vitamins and minerals. The passage doesn’t adress effectiveness.

(E) Multivitamins contain some vitamins that are not available individually.
 Wrong:  just three multivitamins are mentioned, we don’t know anything about some other vitamins.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

Identify the Question Type

The correct answer will be "supported by the information" provided, making this an Inference question.

Untangle the Stimulus

The stimulus provides some information about vitamins and minerals. Many people don't get enough of certain nutrients. They can increase their intake through individual supplements or through multivitamins that (as the name implies) provide multiple vitamins and minerals in one dose.

Predict the Answer

There are many possible inferences here. Understand the implications of each statement—mentally catalog what the stimulus does and does not say. By the first statement, many people have a deficiency, but there's no indication of exactly how many people are affected or what other vitamins and minerals might be commonly lacking. The stimulus then says that many companies sell individual supplements, but not how many companies or whether all vitamins and minerals are sold individually. The final statements talk about multivitamins. The most significant piece of information is that some multivitamins contain doses of certain nutrients that are "equal" to those found in individual supplements. That makes it possible to get the same amount of certain vitamins and minerals individually or as part of a multivitamin. While it's impossible to predict exactly what the correct answer will say, you can be prepared to avoid answers that bring up subjects not addressed or that use more absolute language than is supported by this very open-ended stimulus.

Evaluate the Choices

(A) is supported. Because some multivitamins contain as much calcium as individual supplements, it may not be necessary to take more pills than before. While there may be exceptions, this answer leaves room for those cases. Choice (A) merely makes the valid deduction that some people could take the same number of pills if they switched to multivitamins.

(B) is not supported. The author never makes a claim about what people should or should not do.

(C) is not supported. There's no information given about how much any of these supplements cost, let alone how much multivitamins cost in relation to individual supplements.

(D) is extreme. There is no indication that these multivitamins are the most effective solution. There could be plenty of more effective ways of supplementing one's nutrition that are not brought up here.

(E) is not supported. Other than vitamin D, calcium, and zinc—which are available individually—there is no mention of any other specific vitamins and whether they are available individually or only as part of a multivitamin.

TAKEAWAY:  Do not bring outside knowledge to bear on Inference questions. The correct answer must be supported directly by the stimulus.

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