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Marketing advisors maintain that a greater diversity in the range of skin care products available to shoppers means that more shoppers will find a product which will answer their exact needs and preferences. Therefore, presenting a wide range of skin care products on supermarket shelves is advocated in order to increase the number of buyers and their satisfaction level. In practice, however, the situation is quite different, since the larger the variety of skin care products on the shelves is, the less distinct the differences between them become.
In the given argument, the two portions in boldface type play which of the following roles?
A. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second describes that strategy.
B. The first describes the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is an explanation which undermines the first.
C. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is a point which undermines that explanation.
D. The first describes the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is the strategy suggested in accordance with that prediction.
E. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is a consideration supporting that strategy.
In the given argument, the two portions in boldface type play which of the following roles?
A. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second describes that strategy.
B. The first describes the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is an explanation which undermines the first.
C. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is a point which undermines that explanation.
D. The first describes the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is the strategy suggested in accordance with that prediction.
E. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is a consideration supporting that strategy.
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Here, we have two bold face portions:
Overall statement:
Marketing advisor believes more variety more shoppers buy => so do this on super market
Practical: more products = difficult to distinguish
So we can clearly see that the first bold face is an explanation for marketing strategy and 2nd one is to undermine it
Hence, answer C
Overall statement:
Marketing advisor believes more variety more shoppers buy => so do this on super market
Practical: more products = difficult to distinguish
So we can clearly see that the first bold face is an explanation for marketing strategy and 2nd one is to undermine it
Hence, answer C
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Marketing advisors maintain that a greater diversity in the range of skin care products available to shoppers means that more shoppers will find a product which will answer their exact needs and preferences. Therefore, presenting a wide range of skin care products on supermarket shelves is advocated in order to increase the number of buyers and their satisfaction level. In practice, however, the situation is quite different, since the larger the variety of skin care products on the shelves is, the less distinct the differences between them become.
In the given argument, the two portions in boldface type play which of the following roles?
A. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second describes that strategy.
Incorrect.
This is a Boldface Type question, in which you are required to define the role of the two boldface sections in the argument. Read the argument and break it down using indicative words:
- Sentence 1, the first boldface portion, is a theory proposed by the marketing advisors. It's hard to determine if it is factual, and it is preceded by maintain that (indicating a claim or position), so leave it at that.
- Including the conclusion conjunction Therefore and having a tone of recommendation (advocated), Sentence 2 is a conclusion based on the theory in Sentence 1.
- The first part of sentence 3 (In practice, however, the situation is quite different) is an opposing conclusion.
- The last part of sentence 3, the second boldface portion, begins with the reason conjunction since, indicating it's the premise upon which the opposing conclusion is based.
While this answer choice defines the first boldface part correctly, it defines the second incorrectly. The strategy (-->recommendation-->conclusion) advocated by the marketing advisors appears in sentence 2, not in the second boldface portion, which opposes that strategy.
B. The first describes the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is an explanation which undermines the first.
Incorrect.
The first portion in boldface is not a strategy but the theory or explanation behind the strategy. The strategy is a plan of action - what the advisers intend to do, which is to present a wide range of skin care products. The first boldface does not detail this strategy - the following sentence does. Realize this, and you can immediately eliminate answer choices that incorrectly define the first boldface part; do not waste time reading the rest.
C. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is a point which undermines that explanation.
The first boldface portion is indeed a theory or explanation upon which the marketing advisors' strategy (their conclusion) is based. The second boldface portion is fact or point (premise) which undermines this theory, lending support to the author's claim that the situation is quite different.
D. The first describes the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is the strategy suggested in accordance with that prediction.
Incorrect.
This is a Boldface Type question, in which you are required to define the role of the two boldface sections in the argument. Read the argument and break it down using indicative words:
- Sentence 1, the first boldface portion, is a theory proposed by the marketing advisors. It's hard to determine if it is factual, and it is preceded by maintain that (indicating a claim or position), so leave it at that.
- Including the conclusion conjunction Therefore and having a tone of recommendation (advocated), Sentence 2 is a conclusion based on the theory in Sentence 1.
- The first part of sentence 3 (In practice, however, the situation is quite different) is an opposing conclusion.
- The last part of sentence 3, the second boldface portion, begins with the reason conjunction since, indicating it's the premise upon which the opposing conclusion is based.
The first portion in boldface is not a strategy but the theory or explanation behind the strategy. The strategy is a plan of action - what the advisers intend to do, which is to present a wide range of skin care products. The first boldface does not detail this strategy - the following sentence does. Realize this, and you can immediately eliminate answer choices that incorrectly define the first boldface part; do not waste time reading the rest.
E. The first is an explanation supporting the marketing advisors' strategy; the second is a consideration supporting that strategy.
Incorrect.
While this answer choice defines the first boldface part correctly, it defines the second incorrectly. The consideration presented in the second boldface portion does not support the marketing advisors' strategy (conclusion) appearing in sentence 2 - it undermines it, supporting instead the author's conclusion that the situation is quite different.
