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08 Feb 2025, 12:33
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Since there is no survival value in an animal’s having an organ that is able to function when all its other organs have broken down to such a degree that the animal dies, it is a result of the efficiency of natural selection that no organ is likely to evolve in such a way that it greatly outlasts the body’s other organs.
Of the following, which one illustrates a principle that is most similar to the principle illustrated by the passage?
(A) A store in a lower-income neighborhood finds that it is unable to sell its higher-priced goods and so stocks them only when ordered by a customer.
(B) The body of an animal with a deficient organ is often able to compensate for that deficiency when other organs perform the task the deficient one normally performs.
(C) One car model produced by an automobile manufacturer has a life expectancy that is so much longer than its other models that its great popularity requires the manufacturer to stop producing some of the other models.
(D) Athletes occasionally overdevelop some parts of their bodies to such a great extent that other parts of their bodies are more prone to injury as a result.
(E) Automotive engineers find that it is not cost-effective to manufacture a given automobile part of such high quality that it outlasts all other parts of the automobile, as doing so would not raise the overall quality of the automobile.
Of the following, which one illustrates a principle that is most similar to the principle illustrated by the passage?
(A) A store in a lower-income neighborhood finds that it is unable to sell its higher-priced goods and so stocks them only when ordered by a customer.
(B) The body of an animal with a deficient organ is often able to compensate for that deficiency when other organs perform the task the deficient one normally performs.
(C) One car model produced by an automobile manufacturer has a life expectancy that is so much longer than its other models that its great popularity requires the manufacturer to stop producing some of the other models.
(D) Athletes occasionally overdevelop some parts of their bodies to such a great extent that other parts of their bodies are more prone to injury as a result.
(E) Automotive engineers find that it is not cost-effective to manufacture a given automobile part of such high quality that it outlasts all other parts of the automobile, as doing so would not raise the overall quality of the automobile.
07 Oct 2025, 10:36
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Explanation:
The principle in the passage is about **functional efficiency and balance** — natural selection doesn’t favor an organ that lasts far longer than the rest of the body because that extra durability has **no survival value**.
Option E presents a **parallel logic**: it’s **not cost-effective** to make one car part so durable that it **outlasts all other parts**, since that doesn’t improve the car’s overall performance.
Both situations describe systems (a body or a car) where **efficiency is optimized at the system level**, not by maximizing the longevity of any single component.
All other options fail to reflect that principle:
(A) is about consumer demand, not internal system efficiency.
(B) discusses compensation, not optimization.
(C) is about production trade-offs, not component balance.
(D) is about imbalance leading to harm, not about efficiency in design.
Hence, E mirrors the natural selection principle most closely.
The principle in the passage is about **functional efficiency and balance** — natural selection doesn’t favor an organ that lasts far longer than the rest of the body because that extra durability has **no survival value**.
Option E presents a **parallel logic**: it’s **not cost-effective** to make one car part so durable that it **outlasts all other parts**, since that doesn’t improve the car’s overall performance.
Both situations describe systems (a body or a car) where **efficiency is optimized at the system level**, not by maximizing the longevity of any single component.
All other options fail to reflect that principle:
(A) is about consumer demand, not internal system efficiency.
(B) discusses compensation, not optimization.
(C) is about production trade-offs, not component balance.
(D) is about imbalance leading to harm, not about efficiency in design.
Hence, E mirrors the natural selection principle most closely.
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