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Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing recycled materials. Soon these consumers will get help in identifying such products from a book being published by the Calovian government. The book offers a comprehensive listing, by product type and brand, of goods sold in Calovia that contain recycled material. Therefore, publication of the book will almost certainly increase the use of products containing recycled materials in Calovia.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?


A. Proceeds from the sale of the book are not expected to exceed the cost of its publication.

B. For numerous types of products, there are many brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers and distributors do nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content.

C. For many materials, such as plastics, the recycling process results in a lower grade of material with a correspondingly different range of uses.

D. For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.

E. Many manufacturers of products that contain recycled materials vary the proportion of recycled materials in those products in response to changes in price and availability.
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  09 Mar 2015, 22:29
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The conclusion is: publication of the book will almost certainly increase the use of products containing recycled materials in Calovia.

Argument says that residents want to use products containing recycled materials.

Now, B says that there are many brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers and distributors do nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content.

So, that being the case,

Book with listing of products using recycled material will come out -> Residents will get to know even about the brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers & distributors were doing nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content -> Residents will prefer those materials (since argument mentions that residents want to use products containing recycled materials).

D actually does weaken the argument. D says: For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.

Let's take a product: Pencil. So, according to D, all the brands available for pencil use recycled materials.

If that's the case, then the book really will not in any way, increase/decrease the use of "pencil" product category containing recycled materials, since people were already buying products with recycled material in the "pencil" product category, even before the publication of the book.
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  19 Jun 2010, 01:34
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we need to find the link between the premises and the conclusion.
premises:
1.Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing recycled materials.
2.Soon these consumers will get help in identifying such products from a book being published by the Calovian government.
3.The book offers a comprehensive listing, by product type and brand, of goods sold in Calovia that contain recycled material.
conclusion:
Therefore, publication of the book will almost certainly increase the use of products containing recycled materials in Calovia.

Question: Why will the book increase the use of recycle material?
Answer: The book will disclose products that contain "hidden" recycle material. Once these products are known, people will start buying them.....
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  09 Jun 2010, 13:26
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Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. Proceeds from the sale of the book are not expected to exceed the cost of its publication. => not meaningful
B. For numerous types of products, there are many brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers and distributors do nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content. => Book with add. value to the community by promoting the products using recycled products, which is in the interest of the Calovian residents (comp. w/ sentence 1)
C. For many materials, such as plastics, the recycling process results in a lower grade of material with a correspondingly different range of uses. => not meaningful
D. For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.=> there would be no value add if all brands use recycled materials, it would even weaken the argument
E. Many manufacturers of products that contain recycled materials vary the proportion of recycled materials in those products in response to changes in price and availability. => not meaningful
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  10 Jun 2010, 00:34
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A. "Cost" is irrelavant
B. shows how the new book will help customers to know about the products they purchase - Correct
C. Since the residents of Colovia are committed to using products containing recycled material, lower grade of material/quality of the
product is irrelavant
D. The question is whether the new book will help "increase" in the use of products containing recycled material. If a particular
product uses recycled material for all brands, there is no question of increase-in-use-of-products-with-recycled-material
E. price and availability - irrelavant

IMO: B

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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  21 Sep 2016, 08:20
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Answer is B. --> I was between B and D though - D is eliminated because if all brands in this country were recyclable, then why would they be making the book in the first place; people wouldn't need help recycling goods.
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  10 Feb 2021, 04:15
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Answer is B.
B. For numerous types of products, there are many brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers and distributors do nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content. ---->This shows that people might not be aware of the products that use recycled material. The booklet will, surely, increase the use of products containing recycled materials
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  25 Feb 2021, 18:56
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The conclusion is: publication of the book will almost certainly increase the use of products containing recycled materials in Calovia.

Argument says that residents want to use products containing recycled materials.

Now, B says that there are many brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers and distributors do nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content.

So, that being the case,

Book with listing of products using recycled material will come out -> Residents will get to know even about the brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers & distributors were doing nothing to advertise those brands’ recycled content -> Residents will prefer those materials (since argument mentions that residents want to use products containing recycled materials).

D actually does weaken the argument. D says: For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.

Let's take a product: Pencil. So, according to D, all the brands available for pencil use recycled materials.

If that's the case, then the book really will not in any way, increase/decrease the use of "pencil" product category containing recycled materials, since people were already buying products with recycled material in the "pencil" product category, even before the publication of the book.



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D actually does weaken the argument. D says: For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.

Let's take a product: Pencil. So, according to D, all the brands available for pencil use recycled materials.

If that's the case, then the book really will not in any way, increase/decrease the use of "pencil" product category containing recycled materials, since people were already buying products with recycled material in the "pencil" product category, even before the publication of the book.


I think D is irrelevant. Please correct me if I am wrong

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D. For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.


Reasons:
1. Whatever the content of book is irrelevant of our conclusion. Even if it has mix of recycled and non-recycled brands, it doesn't matter how it would add value to the sales.
2. We don't know how the book would help. Maybe citizens already know about recycled and non-recycled products from other resources.

Please suggest. EducationAisle

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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  25 Feb 2021, 21:45
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Basically the whole point is that D does not strengthen the argument. For many types of products listed in the book (let's say pencil), since all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials, the book itself will not increase/decrease the use of products containing recycled materials in Calovia.
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Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  21 Jun 2021, 13:04
Argument Analysis:
    Publication of the book will almost certainly INCREASE the use of products containing recycled materials

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      Proceeds from the sale of the book are not expected to exceed the cost of its publication.
      Doesn’t matter, this is out of scope

        For numerous types of products, there are many brands that use recycled materials, although their manufacturers and distributors do nothing to advertise those brands' recycled content.
        Maybe?

          For many materials, such as plastics, the recycling process results in a lower grade of material with a correspondingly different range of uses.
          Doesn’t matter

            The lower grade of material with difference range of uses do not have an impact an increasing the products containing the recycle materials
            For many types of products listed in the book, all the brands available in Calovia use recycled materials.
            If all the brands available in Calovia uses recycled materials, then it is not really necessary for the government to be publishing the book to educate the residents of Calovia? This is a weakener

              Many manufacturers of products that contain recycled materials vary the proportion of recycled materials in those products in response to changes in price and availability.
              This is out of scope

              By process of elimination, Answer choice B is the best
              Answer choice B
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              Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  05 Jun 2022, 20:51
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              Re: Many residents of Calovia are committed to using products containing [#permalink] New post  06 Jun 2022, 05:07
              Lets's say there are 5 brands and 10 products. Option D says -> off all 10 products mentioned. all 5 brands sell recycled products. What if 4 brands sell recycled and 1 doesn't, then in that case book doesn't give more info to get a conclusion.

              Option D goes ahead and clears that and says all brands sell recycled products, so that way it strengthens right?

              Please let me know if I'm missing something.
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