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The Slide company put its focus on creating aesthetic and eye-catching skateboards whereas the Glide company on producing highly functional skateboards. Before developing their latest models, both companies considered making changes to their strategies. More sales have been attributed to the latest model released by Glide than that released by Slide. In the skateboard industry, the more equally balanced the aesthetics and functionality of a skateboard are, the higher its sales.
If the statements above are correct, they most strongly support which of the following?
(A) Skateboard buyers are more likely to choose products with higher functionality over those with better aesthetics.
(B) Creating a model that equally balances aesthetics and functionality helped Glide take the lead of the skateboard industry.
(C) The Slide company changed its strategy by only a small amount.
(D) Glide's latest product's aesthetic and functional levels were closer to each other than those of Slide's latest product.
(E) The Glide company increased its emphasis on aesthetics for its latest model.
If the statements above are correct, they most strongly support which of the following?
(A) Skateboard buyers are more likely to choose products with higher functionality over those with better aesthetics.
(B) Creating a model that equally balances aesthetics and functionality helped Glide take the lead of the skateboard industry.
(C) The Slide company changed its strategy by only a small amount.
(D) Glide's latest product's aesthetic and functional levels were closer to each other than those of Slide's latest product.
(E) The Glide company increased its emphasis on aesthetics for its latest model.
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P1-general focus: Slide on aesthetics and Glide on high functionality
P2-for latest model both considered making changes to their strategies
P3-sales : Glide > Slide
C- more balanced featured skateboards, positive correlation to sales
Q-stem - we need to find out the gist of the discussion?
options: A - not in rhythm with the discussion (X)
B- nowhere mentioned that glide took lead of the Industry (X)
C-discusses about the change in strategy of Slide but nothing about balancing of features. Say that Glide also changed the strategy by same amount but this change created the balance, but not by Slide. (X)
D-This clearly goes in rhythm with the argument under discussion (CORRECT)
E-Definitely this is what has happened but doesn't discusses anything about the balance of the features so (X)
D IMO
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P2-for latest model both considered making changes to their strategies
P3-sales : Glide > Slide
C- more balanced featured skateboards, positive correlation to sales
Q-stem - we need to find out the gist of the discussion?
options: A - not in rhythm with the discussion (X)
B- nowhere mentioned that glide took lead of the Industry (X)
C-discusses about the change in strategy of Slide but nothing about balancing of features. Say that Glide also changed the strategy by same amount but this change created the balance, but not by Slide. (X)
D-This clearly goes in rhythm with the argument under discussion (CORRECT)
E-Definitely this is what has happened but doesn't discusses anything about the balance of the features so (X)
D IMO
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(A) “Buyers are more likely to choose higher functionality over better aesthetics” — not necessarily supported; the principle given is about balance, not functionality preference.
(B) “Creating a model that equally balances aesthetics and functionality helped Glide take the lead of the skateboard industry” — extreme: we don’t know Glide took the “lead” of the whole industry, only that it sold more than Slide’s latest model.
(C) “Slide changed its strategy by only a small amount” — no information about the magnitude of change.
(D) “Glide’s latest product’s aesthetic and functional levels were closer to each other than those of Slide’s latest product” — Yes, this directly matches the inference from Step 2.
(E) “Glide increased its emphasis on aesthetics for its latest model” — plausible, but not necessarily true; maybe Slide increased functionality a lot but still had a bigger gap. But the given facts only require Glide’s model to be more balanced, not specifically that Glide increased aesthetics.
The most strongly supported is (D) — it restates the necessary condition for Glide’s higher sales given the balance–sales relationship.
(B) “Creating a model that equally balances aesthetics and functionality helped Glide take the lead of the skateboard industry” — extreme: we don’t know Glide took the “lead” of the whole industry, only that it sold more than Slide’s latest model.
(C) “Slide changed its strategy by only a small amount” — no information about the magnitude of change.
(D) “Glide’s latest product’s aesthetic and functional levels were closer to each other than those of Slide’s latest product” — Yes, this directly matches the inference from Step 2.
(E) “Glide increased its emphasis on aesthetics for its latest model” — plausible, but not necessarily true; maybe Slide increased functionality a lot but still had a bigger gap. But the given facts only require Glide’s model to be more balanced, not specifically that Glide increased aesthetics.
The most strongly supported is (D) — it restates the necessary condition for Glide’s higher sales given the balance–sales relationship.
