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Sugar quotas limiting production imposed by the federal government result in higher prices of sugar and all sugar-based products, where the sugar is produced domestically or abroad. Therefore, if the president and the senate approve the proposed treaty to remove the sugar quotas, then the trend of ever-increasing sugar prices will be halted.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most effectively weaken the argument above?
A. Sugar prices have climbed with each new round of quotas.
B. Sugar prices have sometimes dropped since the first set of quotas was imposed.
C. Sugar quotas vary from year to year according to a prearranged formula
D. Sugar prices rose less rapidly in the 1980s than they did in the 1970s.
E. Even before the implementation of sugar quotas, the price of sugar has been rising
Which of the following statements, if true, would most effectively weaken the argument above?
A. Sugar prices have climbed with each new round of quotas.
B. Sugar prices have sometimes dropped since the first set of quotas was imposed.
C. Sugar quotas vary from year to year according to a prearranged formula
D. Sugar prices rose less rapidly in the 1980s than they did in the 1970s.
E. Even before the implementation of sugar quotas, the price of sugar has been rising
(I Chose the right answer. My concern was the extra minute and half I took to answer. Trap Answer was : B. I understand that MOST IS 'e'. Yet it doesn;t figure into irrelevant/out of scope or ISWAT answer type ((Same wording, different context)).
Kindly help why B is a bad answer. @carcass@chetan2u
Kindly help why B is a bad answer. @carcass@chetan2u
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Sugar quotas limiting production imposed by the federal government result in higher prices of sugar and all sugar-based products, where the sugar is produced domestically or abroad. Therefore, if the president and the senate approve the proposed treaty to remove the sugar quotas, then the trend of ever-increasing sugar prices will be halted.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most effectively weaken the argument above?
A. Sugar prices have climbed with each new round of quotas.
B. Sugar prices have sometimes dropped since the first set of quotas was imposed.
C. Sugar quotas vary from year to year according to a prearranged formula
D. Sugar prices rose less rapidly in the 1980s than they did in the 1970s.
E. Even before the implementation of sugar quotas, the price of sugar has been rising
(I Chose the right answer. My concern was the extra minute and half I took to answer. Trap Answer was : B. I understand that MOST IS 'e'. Yet it doesn;t figure into irrelevant/out of scope or ISWAT answer type ((Same wording, different context)).
Kindly help why B is a bad answer. @carcass@chetan2u
Which of the following statements, if true, would most effectively weaken the argument above?
A. Sugar prices have climbed with each new round of quotas.
B. Sugar prices have sometimes dropped since the first set of quotas was imposed.
C. Sugar quotas vary from year to year according to a prearranged formula
D. Sugar prices rose less rapidly in the 1980s than they did in the 1970s.
E. Even before the implementation of sugar quotas, the price of sugar has been rising
(I Chose the right answer. My concern was the extra minute and half I took to answer. Trap Answer was : B. I understand that MOST IS 'e'. Yet it doesn;t figure into irrelevant/out of scope or ISWAT answer type ((Same wording, different context)).
Kindly help why B is a bad answer. @carcass@chetan2u
Hi ruchi857,
the argument talks of a scenario where the price of sugar has continously increased on imposing Quotas, and the argument says that removing quota will get the prices low..
so we have to weaken the point -
Removing the quota will result in decease of prices..
why B is wrong -
B. Sugar prices have sometimes dropped since the first set of quotas was imposed.
Our Q is - Removal of Quotas will reduce price..
B would have worked as a slight weakener if the argument would have been - Imposition of quotas has resulted in higher prices
and B would tell us that the price actually fell sometimes after quota, so may be there are other reasons
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I have to say this.
My key to acing CR is finding out the rules to the right answer. I spent useless months trying to find out why the wrong answers are wrong. In fact I never succeeded.
I made a shift to finding out the right answers and I saw consistent patterns.
In weaken questions as this any option that suggests remotely that the cause of the problem might not be the cause is a weakener. If Sugar prices has been climbing before the quota, then there is somthing else that caused the rising price. Quota did NOT. If it didnt cause it, then why say removing it will end it? ruchi857 got it?
Dont ask me about the other options, because they did not fall into any logic pattern I've learnt from GMAT. They are GMATically senseless
Aside: Mate i recommend the ManhattanGMAT strategy guide CR as a foundation stone for you. Dont read it, but assimilate it and let it brainwash you. Then proceed to online guys like Magoosh and Veritas. They have free questions and tutors on CR. Try NOT to jump from CR to another section until you begin to spot patterns like a detective. Improved CR will sharpen you to improve faster when you go to other sections.
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GMAT is about patterns discovery. Shift focus and lift.
My key to acing CR is finding out the rules to the right answer. I spent useless months trying to find out why the wrong answers are wrong. In fact I never succeeded.
I made a shift to finding out the right answers and I saw consistent patterns.
In weaken questions as this any option that suggests remotely that the cause of the problem might not be the cause is a weakener. If Sugar prices has been climbing before the quota, then there is somthing else that caused the rising price. Quota did NOT. If it didnt cause it, then why say removing it will end it? ruchi857 got it?
Dont ask me about the other options, because they did not fall into any logic pattern I've learnt from GMAT. They are GMATically senseless
Aside: Mate i recommend the ManhattanGMAT strategy guide CR as a foundation stone for you. Dont read it, but assimilate it and let it brainwash you. Then proceed to online guys like Magoosh and Veritas. They have free questions and tutors on CR. Try NOT to jump from CR to another section until you begin to spot patterns like a detective. Improved CR will sharpen you to improve faster when you go to other sections.
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GMAT is about patterns discovery. Shift focus and lift.
