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I choose A, without checking other answers.
Structure: Paradox
Person 1
- If do A, got B
- If do NOT A, got C
It is impossible to get B and C at the same time
Person 2
- If we do X, we can get B and C at the same time
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I am not getting parallel reasoning questions at all. Have gone theough CR bible, still just cannot grasp how to get about these questions. If any experts can detail the "way of thinking" and approach taking this problem for example would be highly helpful to me and definitely others.

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Jordan: If a business invests the money necessary to implement ecologically sound practices, its market share will decrease. But if it doesn’t implement these practices, it pollutes that environment and wastes resources.

Terry: But if consumers demand environmental responsibility of all businesses, no particular business will be especially hurt.

In which one of the following exchanges is the logical relationship between Jordan’s and Terry’s statements most similar to the logical relationship between their statements above?


(A) Jordan: Either it will rain and our plans for a picnic will be thwarted or it won’t rain and the garden will go yet another day without much-needed watering.
Terry: But if it doesn’t rain, we can buy a hose and water the garden with the hose.

(B) Jordan: Each person can have either an enjoyable life or a long life, for one must eat vegetables and exercise continuously to stay healthy.
Terry: That’s not true: there are many happy health-conscious people.

(C) Jordan: If taxes are raised, many social problems could be solved, but if they’re lowered, the economy will grow again. So we can’t have both social reform and a growing economy.
Terry: But if taxes remain at their current level, neither social problems nor the economy will get worse.

(D) Jordan: If we remodel the kitchen, the house will be more valuable, but even if we do, there’s no guarantee that we’ll actually get more for the house when we sell it.
Terry: But if we don’t remodel the kitchen, we might get even less for the house than we paid for it.

(E) Jordan: If the dam’s spillway is opened, the river might flood the eastern part of town, but if the spillway is not opened, the dam might burst.
Terry: There’s no real danger of the dam’s bursting, but if we get more heavy rain, opening the spillway is the most prudent policy.

Try to get only the sense

Original Argument

Jordan: Either X is done and BAD1 happens, or X is not done and BAD2 happens

Terry: If x does not happen, there is an alternate Y TO X which removes BAD1 (and BAD2 also or more simply removes BAD)

Choice A has similar reasoning

(A) Jordan: Either it will rain (x) and our plans for a picnic will be thwarted (BAD1)or it won’t rain( NO X) and the garden will go yet another day without much-needed watering(BAD2).
Terry: But if it doesn’t rain(NO X), we can buy a hose(Y) and water the garden with the hose(removes BAD2 or more simply removes BAD).
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Hi

Agree it is a great question. But usually what is the ideal time to solve such questions.

All of the choices are dense and require a thorough analysis.

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Are parallel reasoning questions on the GMAT?

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Jordan: If a business invests the money necessary to implement ecologically sound practices, its market share will decrease. But if it doesn’t implement these practices, it pollutes that environment and wastes resources.

Terry: But if consumers demand environmental responsibility of all businesses, no particular business will be especially hurt.

In which one of the following exchanges is the logical relationship between Jordan’s and Terry’s statements most similar to the logical relationship between their statements above?

(A) Jordan: Either it will rain and our plans for a picnic will be thwarted or it won’t rain and the garden will go yet another day without much-needed watering.
Terry: But if it doesn’t rain, we can buy a hose and water the garden with the hose. - CORRECT. A and B are negative. Solution is given for B only by considering nX. Just that solution is for B instead of A as in original argument. However, among the choices this is the best.

(B) Jordan: Each person can have either an enjoyable life or a long life, for one must eat vegetables and exercise continuously to stay healthy.
Terry: That’s not true: there are many happy health-conscious people. - WRONG. Both A and B are positive(eliminate here itself). T just counters straight forward rather adding to J's argument.

(C) Jordan: If taxes are raised, many social problems could be solved, but if they’re lowered, the economy will grow again. So we can’t have both social reform and a growing economy.
Terry: But if taxes remain at their current level, neither social problems nor the economy will get worse. - WRONG. Both A and B are positive(eliminate here itself). So, the argument differ here itself but still considerable, not to be eliminated straight away. T adds, but for both for A and B, instead of A only as in original argument. Also, neither solution is based on X not on nX.

(D) Jordan: If we remodel the kitchen, the house will be more valuable, but even if we do, there’s no guarantee that we’ll actually get more for the house when we sell it.
Terry: But if we don’t remodel the kitchen, we might get even less for the house than we paid for it. - WRONG. A is positive and B is negative((eliminate here itself)). T's solution results in something else altogether C.

(E) Jordan: If the dam’s spillway is opened, the river might flood the eastern part of town, but if the spillway is not opened, the dam might burst.
Terry: There’s no real danger of the dam’s bursting, but if we get more heavy rain, opening the spillway is the most prudent policy. - WRONG. Both A and B are negative. T's argument is against J's, instead of adding. It results C when Y(heavy rain) happens.

A 95%tiler and as usual, like anyone, picked C. :(
The passage is somewhat like this:
J presents a situation wherein if X thing is done then something negative(A) happens and if not done then too some other thing negative happens(B).
T adds to J's argument but by starting with "but"(kind of distraction) wherein he says another element for which if this X thing is done then doing X doesn't leads to A. Basically, a common pathway is offered by T where things are all good without paying much attention to B.

Based in this only A, C and E are looking good.
In C, T gives solution for both A and B. E has T's argument against J's, instead of supporting it. Thus, A remain after POE.

Answer A.
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What are the chances of seeing something like this on the GMAT?
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I choose A, without checking other answers.
Structure: Paradox
Person 1
- If do A, got B
- If do NOT A, got C
It is impossible to get B and C at the same time
Person 2
- If we do X, we can get B and C at the same time
­Nice way to go about it. ­

Initially, I was confused between C and E as I thought that the other options were really not considering the opposite of the initial action suggested by the first speaker, but then I understand that it is not about going with the opposite and about not doing the first action. 

Not necessarily, not doing something is the opposite of doing something. 

Interesting one!
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