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17 Feb 2025, 18:15
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GMATNinja, how would you tackle this type of problem? I think what is challenging for me still is I am looking for an answer that strengthens the conclusion "dogs are more motivated to help other dogs they know than to help unfamiliar dogs."
I feel like E does not directly support the conclusion that dogs are more motivated to help familiar dogs vs. unfamiliar dogs. It seems to strengthen the conclusion that dogs are motivated to help familiar dogs because they're giving them food, but it doesn't support that they're willing to help familiar dogs more than unfamiliar dogs.
Just confused what I'm missing here.
I feel like E does not directly support the conclusion that dogs are more motivated to help familiar dogs vs. unfamiliar dogs. It seems to strengthen the conclusion that dogs are motivated to help familiar dogs because they're giving them food, but it doesn't support that they're willing to help familiar dogs more than unfamiliar dogs.
Just confused what I'm missing here.
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GMATNinja, how would you tackle this type of problem? I think what is challenging for me still is I am looking for an answer that strengthens the conclusion "dogs are more motivated to help other dogs they know than to help unfamiliar dogs."
I feel like E does not directly support the conclusion that dogs are more motivated to help familiar dogs vs. unfamiliar dogs. It seems to strengthen the conclusion that dogs are motivated to help familiar dogs because they're giving them food, but it doesn't support that they're willing to help familiar dogs more than unfamiliar dogs.
Just confused what I'm missing here.
This is a tricky one, and (E) definitely feels a bit indirect.I feel like E does not directly support the conclusion that dogs are more motivated to help familiar dogs vs. unfamiliar dogs. It seems to strengthen the conclusion that dogs are motivated to help familiar dogs because they're giving them food, but it doesn't support that they're willing to help familiar dogs more than unfamiliar dogs.
Just confused what I'm missing here.
If (E) is NOT true, then that would be evidence that the dogs are NOT really motivated by a desire to help other dogs. Maybe, for example, the dogs just become more playful or energetic when they see familiar dogs, and so they are more inclined to pull that handle, perhaps just for fun.
So we could argue that the dogs with access to the handle are NOT actually motivated by a desire to help other dogs, familiar or not. If that's the case, then the experiment results do NOT necessarily suggest that dogs are more motivated to help dogs they know than to help unfamiliar dogs.
In other words, if (E) is not true, then the motivation to help might not be a factor at all. (E) strengthens the argument by eliminating that possibility.
I hope that helps!
20 Jun 2025, 15:20
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I understand why E is the best answer through process of elimination, but just want to understand the rationale for why the assumption that is made to arrive at that answer is acceptable. In other words, the logic would be that dogs outside of cage need less HELP then dogs inside the cage, which assumes that the cage signify a more "helpless" condition in the dogs mind that the conditions outside the cage, whatever they may be.
