imhimanshu wrote:
Products with innovative and appealing designs relative to competing products often command substantially higher prices in the marketplace. Because design innovations are quickly copied by other manufacturers, many consumer technology companies charge as much as possible for their new designs to extract as much value as possible from them. But large profits generated by innovative designs give stronger incentives to copy the designs. Therefore, the best strategy to maximize overall profit from an innovative new design is to charge less than the greatest possible price.
In the argument above , the 2 portions in boldface (uppercase) play which of the following roles ?
(A) The First is an assumption that supports a described course of action; The second provides a consideration to support a preferred course of action.
(B) The first is a consideration that helps explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents an alternative strategy endorsed by the argument.
(C) The first is a phenomenon that justifies a specific strategy; the second is that strategy.
(D) The first is a consideration that demonstrates why a particular approach is flawed; the second describes a way to amend that approach.
(E) The first is a factor used to rationalize a particular strategy; The second is a factor against that strategy.
These questions types are the most difficult. The first strategy I use is to narrow down the intention of the sentence by determining it's intention before reading the options.
The first statement is before a typical strategy used to maximize profit from a product. As we continue there's more supporting evidence on why this strategy is employed. Now the last bold statement switches the typical strategy to a new approach.
A is eliminated because it claims there is an assumption for a course of action. There is no assuming the author states it as a "strategy" in the conclusion.
C mentions strategy but calls the strategy a "phenomenon", which is the incorrect description. It's a typical, or generally applied strategy. Eliminate C.
D is incorrect because it doesn't use strategy to describe the statements.
E is incorrect because it claims that the bolded statement is one factor, possibly out of many, to justify a strategy. The bolded sentences are the entire strategy for maximizing profit.
B is the most concise and uses the expected language for describing the phrases intention.