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Hi everyone,
I'm new here and hope i am posting this in the right place. I did the free Mini Quiz and do not agree with the official correct answer:
After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. The number of patents granted to inventors by the United States Patent Office dropped from 56,000 in 1971 to 45,000 in 1978. Spending on research and development, which peaked at 3 percent of the gross national product (GNP) in 1964, was only 2.2 percent of the GNP in 1978. During this period, when the United States percentage was steadily decreasing, West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?
A) There is a direct relationship between the size of a nation’s GNP and the number of inventions it produces.
B) Japan and West Germany spent more money on research and development in 1978 than did the United States.
C)The amount of money a nation spends on research and development is directly related to the number of inventions patented in that nation.
D) Between 1964 and 1978 the United States consistently spent a larger percentage of its GNP on research and development than did Japan.
E) Both West Germany and Japan will soon surpass the United States in the number of patents granted to inventors.
They say D) is the correct answer. In my opinion it could (at least theoretically) be possible for Japan to temporarily increasing their % above the one of the U.S. (e.g. from 1% in 1964 to 2.5% in 1970) and then going back down to 1.6% in 1978 for a total increase of 0.6% for the period 1964-1978. This is possible because they were not mentioning that Japan and Germany were steadily increasing their % during the period.
Is there anything I have missed here or could this answer actually be incorrect?
Does it sometimes happen in the GMAT that questions are flawed?
Thanks for your feedback!
I'm new here and hope i am posting this in the right place. I did the free Mini Quiz and do not agree with the official correct answer:
After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. The number of patents granted to inventors by the United States Patent Office dropped from 56,000 in 1971 to 45,000 in 1978. Spending on research and development, which peaked at 3 percent of the gross national product (GNP) in 1964, was only 2.2 percent of the GNP in 1978. During this period, when the United States percentage was steadily decreasing, West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?
A) There is a direct relationship between the size of a nation’s GNP and the number of inventions it produces.
B) Japan and West Germany spent more money on research and development in 1978 than did the United States.
C)The amount of money a nation spends on research and development is directly related to the number of inventions patented in that nation.
D) Between 1964 and 1978 the United States consistently spent a larger percentage of its GNP on research and development than did Japan.
E) Both West Germany and Japan will soon surpass the United States in the number of patents granted to inventors.
They say D) is the correct answer. In my opinion it could (at least theoretically) be possible for Japan to temporarily increasing their % above the one of the U.S. (e.g. from 1% in 1964 to 2.5% in 1970) and then going back down to 1.6% in 1978 for a total increase of 0.6% for the period 1964-1978. This is possible because they were not mentioning that Japan and Germany were steadily increasing their % during the period.
Is there anything I have missed here or could this answer actually be incorrect?
Does it sometimes happen in the GMAT that questions are flawed?
Thanks for your feedback!
08 Nov 2019, 05:05
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Hi everyone,
I'm new here and hope i am posting this in the right place. I did the free Mini Quiz and do not agree with the official correct answer:
After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. The number of patents granted to inventors by the United States Patent Office dropped from 56,000 in 1971 to 45,000 in 1978. Spending on research and development, which peaked at 3 percent of the gross national product (GNP) in 1964, was only 2.2 percent of the GNP in 1978. During this period, when the United States percentage was steadily decreasing, West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?
A) There is a direct relationship between the size of a nation’s GNP and the number of inventions it produces.
B) Japan and West Germany spent more money on research and development in 1978 than did the United States.
C)The amount of money a nation spends on research and development is directly related to the number of inventions patented in that nation.
D) Between 1964 and 1978 the United States consistently spent a larger percentage of its GNP on research and development than did Japan.
E) Both West Germany and Japan will soon surpass the United States in the number of patents granted to inventors.
They say D) is the correct answer. In my opinion it could (at least theoretically) be possible for Japan to temporarily increasing their % above the one of the U.S. (e.g. from 1% in 1964 to 2.5% in 1970) and then going back down to 1.6% in 1978 for a total increase of 0.6% for the period 1964-1978. This is possible because they were not mentioning that Japan and Germany were steadily increasing their % during the period.
Is there anything I have missed here or could this answer actually be incorrect?
Does it sometimes happen in the GMAT that questions are flawed?
Thanks for your feedback!
Hello,I'm new here and hope i am posting this in the right place. I did the free Mini Quiz and do not agree with the official correct answer:
After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. The number of patents granted to inventors by the United States Patent Office dropped from 56,000 in 1971 to 45,000 in 1978. Spending on research and development, which peaked at 3 percent of the gross national product (GNP) in 1964, was only 2.2 percent of the GNP in 1978. During this period, when the United States percentage was steadily decreasing, West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?
A) There is a direct relationship between the size of a nation’s GNP and the number of inventions it produces.
B) Japan and West Germany spent more money on research and development in 1978 than did the United States.
C)The amount of money a nation spends on research and development is directly related to the number of inventions patented in that nation.
D) Between 1964 and 1978 the United States consistently spent a larger percentage of its GNP on research and development than did Japan.
E) Both West Germany and Japan will soon surpass the United States in the number of patents granted to inventors.
They say D) is the correct answer. In my opinion it could (at least theoretically) be possible for Japan to temporarily increasing their % above the one of the U.S. (e.g. from 1% in 1964 to 2.5% in 1970) and then going back down to 1.6% in 1978 for a total increase of 0.6% for the period 1964-1978. This is possible because they were not mentioning that Japan and Germany were steadily increasing their % during the period.
Is there anything I have missed here or could this answer actually be incorrect?
Does it sometimes happen in the GMAT that questions are flawed?
Thanks for your feedback!
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