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Members of the Amazonian Akabe people commonly take an early-morning drink of a tea made from the leaves of a forest plant. Although they greatly enjoy this drink, at dawn they drink it only in small amounts. Anthropologists hypothesize that since this tea is extraordinarily high in caffeine, the explanation for the Akabe’s not drinking more of it at dawn is that high caffeine intake would destroy the surefootedness that their daily tasks require
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously calls the anthropologists’ explanation into question?
(A) The drink is full of nutrients otherwise absent from the Akabe diet.
(B) The Akabe also drink the tea in the evening, after their day’s work is done.
(C) The leaves used for the tea contain a soluble narcotic.
(D) Akabe children are introduced to the tea in only a very weak form.
(E) When celebrating, the Akabe drink the tea in large quantities.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously calls the anthropologists’ explanation into question?
(A) The drink is full of nutrients otherwise absent from the Akabe diet.
(B) The Akabe also drink the tea in the evening, after their day’s work is done.
(C) The leaves used for the tea contain a soluble narcotic.
(D) Akabe children are introduced to the tea in only a very weak form.
(E) When celebrating, the Akabe drink the tea in large quantities.
27 Jun 2010, 17:19
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To summarize the argument:
These people highly enjoy a drink that they drink in small amounts at dawn.
Anthropologists believe they do this because it's high caffeine would mess with there physical daily activities.
How do we disprove the anthropologists? To find this we only need to find another reason these people would drink low doses in the morning.
(A) is certainly not the answer. Why would they drink less of something that they need in their diet?
(B) this is irrelevant. We wont to prove why they don't drink much of it in the morning, not night.
(C) this is correct. This gives us a good reason why they only drink a little bit of the tea. Its not because they are worried about the caffeine. They don't want to have to do their daily activities high.
(D) again, this is irrelevant. Children may drink it in a weak form, but that doesn't give us a reason why they only drink a small amount in the morning.
(E) again, irrelevant. What does it matter that they drink it a lot when they celebrate. This doesn't provide us with any information as to why they would only drink a small amount in the morning.
I hope this helps.
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Thanks,
Jared
These people highly enjoy a drink that they drink in small amounts at dawn.
Anthropologists believe they do this because it's high caffeine would mess with there physical daily activities.
How do we disprove the anthropologists? To find this we only need to find another reason these people would drink low doses in the morning.
(A) is certainly not the answer. Why would they drink less of something that they need in their diet?
(B) this is irrelevant. We wont to prove why they don't drink much of it in the morning, not night.
(C) this is correct. This gives us a good reason why they only drink a little bit of the tea. Its not because they are worried about the caffeine. They don't want to have to do their daily activities high.
(D) again, this is irrelevant. Children may drink it in a weak form, but that doesn't give us a reason why they only drink a small amount in the morning.
(E) again, irrelevant. What does it matter that they drink it a lot when they celebrate. This doesn't provide us with any information as to why they would only drink a small amount in the morning.
I hope this helps.
Give me a kudos if it helped
Thanks,
Jared
General Discussion
28 Jun 2010, 09:39
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As per GMAT the premise stated in the argument has to be true. Hence we can be sure that the Akabe drink the tea in smaller quantity in the morning.
Author's hypothesis - since the tea has high caffeine, Akabe's drink it in small proportion.
To question the hypothesis - we need to destroy this reasoning i.e we have to question if the tea has high caffeine or something else...
(A) The drink is full of nutrients otherwise absent from the Akabe diet.
-- This is irrelevant. Hence A cannot be a correct answer choice.
(B) The Akabe also drink the tea in the evening, after their day’s work is done.
-- The argument is about drinking in morning. Hence B cannot be a correct answer choice.
(C) The leaves used for the tea contain a soluble narcotic.
-- Since tea has something other than caffeine which prevents Akabe to drink it in smaller quantity, this has to be a correct answer choice. This will question the author's hypothesis.
(D) Akabe children are introduced to the tea in only a very weak form.
-- Irrelevant to the argument.
(E) When celebrating, the Akabe drink the tea in large quantities.
-- If the Akabe drink the tea in large quantities while celebrating it won't matter if the tea is drank in whatsoever proportion. Hence E cannot be a correct answer choice.
Author's hypothesis - since the tea has high caffeine, Akabe's drink it in small proportion.
To question the hypothesis - we need to destroy this reasoning i.e we have to question if the tea has high caffeine or something else...
(A) The drink is full of nutrients otherwise absent from the Akabe diet.
-- This is irrelevant. Hence A cannot be a correct answer choice.
(B) The Akabe also drink the tea in the evening, after their day’s work is done.
-- The argument is about drinking in morning. Hence B cannot be a correct answer choice.
(C) The leaves used for the tea contain a soluble narcotic.
-- Since tea has something other than caffeine which prevents Akabe to drink it in smaller quantity, this has to be a correct answer choice. This will question the author's hypothesis.
(D) Akabe children are introduced to the tea in only a very weak form.
-- Irrelevant to the argument.
(E) When celebrating, the Akabe drink the tea in large quantities.
-- If the Akabe drink the tea in large quantities while celebrating it won't matter if the tea is drank in whatsoever proportion. Hence E cannot be a correct answer choice.
