Last visit was: 19 Nov 2025, 17:06 It is currently 19 Nov 2025, 17:06
Home
GMAT
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Rewards
Chat
My Profile
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
Back to Forum
Create Topic
   1   2 
655-705 Level|   Weaken|      
User avatar
djangobackend
User avatar
Joined: 24 Jun 2024
Last visit: 15 Nov 2025
Posts: 98
Own Kudos:
16
Given Kudos: 93
Posts: 98
Kudos: 16
Of the people who moved from one state to another when they retired 20 Dec 2024, 22:04
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
MISTAKE - I marked A - it says that SS attracts more retirees than other states, but still we do not know how it will compensate for the number lost from SS. if its greater than equal to than businesses won't suffer, if the # of new members coming is less than # outgoing then it will indicate that business will suffer. I did not try to think of the impact in this regard. I thought that since it attracts more people so surely it will have more people than before but its a wrong inference.

E - CORRECT - if total number of retirees has increased significantly then even after this 10% drop the actual numbers might still be higher than before.
say earlier 100 people and 90 percent rate so 90 members available.
now 1000 people but 80 percent rate so still 800 members available.
hence this weakens.
User avatar
PSKhore
User avatar
Joined: 28 Apr 2025
Last visit: 19 Nov 2025
Posts: 175
Own Kudos:
27
Given Kudos: 105
Products:
Forum Quiz
Posts: 175
Kudos: 27
Of the people who moved from one state to another when they retired 20 Jul 2025, 04:21
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
IanStewart
aaron22197
Of the people who moved from one state to another when they retired, the proportion who retired to SunState has decreased by 10 percent over the past five years. Since many local businesses in SunState cater to retirees, this decline is likely to have a noticeably negative economic effect on these businesses.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A)SunState attracts more people who move from one state to another when they retire than does any other state.
B)There are far more local businesses in SunState that cater to tourists than there are local businesses that cater to retirees.
C)The number of retirees who have moved out of SunState to accept re-employment in other states has increased over the past five years.
D)SunState has lower property taxes than any other state, making the state a magnet for retirees.
E)The total number of people who retired and moved to another state for their retirement has increased significantly over the past five years.

This is testing a concept common in the Quant section of the GMAT- the difference between ratios and absolute quantities. We know that there has been a slight decline in the percentage of people retiring to SunState. That does not mean there has been a decline in the number of people retiring to SunState. If more people are retiring to other states than ever before, it remains possible that the number of retirees to SunState has increased, even if the percentage of the total has declined slightly. E tells us precisely this.

B is tempting here, since it suggests that the economic effect might not be "noticeably negative". Still, the question tells us that "many local businesses cater to retirees", which suggests that these businesses are important to the local economy. It remains possible, even assuming B to be true, that tourism-related businesses make up half the local economy, and retirement-related businesses make up a quarter of the local economy.
Show more

Thank you for the explanation! But curious to know, how will an increase in the number of people retiring to other states ensure that the numbers have increased for this particular state - SunState. I rejected E using this line of reasoning.
   1   2 
Moderators:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
7443 posts
GMATNinjaTwo
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
231 posts
miag
189 posts