GMATking94 wrote:
betterscore wrote:
The tulu, a popular ornamental plant, does not reproduce naturally, and is only bred and sold by specialized horticultural companies. Unfortunately, the tulu is easily devastated by a contagious fungal rot. The govt ministry plans to reassure worried gardeners by requiring all tulu plants to be tested for fungal rot before being sold. However, infected plants less than 30 weeks old have generally not built enough fungal rot to be detected reliably. And many tulu plants are sold before they are 24 weeks old.
Which of the following, if performed by the govt ministry, could logically be expected to overcome the problem with their plan to test fungal rot.
(A) Releasing a general announcement that tulu plants less than 30 weeks old cannot be effectively tested for fungal rot
(B) Requiring all tulu plants less than 30 weeks old to be labeled as such.
(C) researching possible ways to test tulu plants less than 24 weeks old for fungal rot.
(D) Ensuring that tulu plants are not sold before they are 30 weeks old.
(E) Quarantining all tulu plants from horticultural companies at which any case of fungal rot has been detected until those tulu plants can be tested for fungal rot.
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GMATNinja KarishmaBI accept the explanation for (D) but where am I going wrong with (B).
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The tulu, a popular ornamental plant, does not reproduce naturally, and is only bred and sold by specialized horticultural companies. Unfortunately, the tulu is easily devastated by a contagious fungal rot. The govt ministry plans to reassure worried gardeners by requiring all tulu plants to be tested for fungal rot before being sold. However, infected plants less than 30 weeks old have generally not built enough fungal rot to be detected reliably. And many tulu plants are sold before they are 24 weeks old.
The Govt plans to reassure that the gardeners are not at risk when buying tulu....right?
And so why can't (B) work, as it mentions that they if sold must be labelled and hence gardeners who wants to take the risk can do so, rather they can buy the plants at a discount since they are not tested.. Everyone else can buy the tested tulus.
If we go the (D) route it may create problems for horticulture companies since there would be a ban on selling tulu...and the price may become higher than expected hurting gardeners too.
Please let me know your views...
Thanks!
What is the Govt's plan? "
to reassure worried gardeners by requiring all tulu plants to be tested for fungal rot before being sold."
The Govt wants to take steps to ensure that gardeners do not get fungal rot tulus and hence, it wants to reassure the gardeners that what you are buying is good.
So for that, the Govt is requiring tulu testing for all plants and if testing is not valid prior to the age of 30 weeks then the plants should be sold after 30 weeks and testing only. Makes sense. We cannot assume anything about change in pricing here. It is completely out of scope for us.
As for options (A) and (B), both are making the buyer aware. Option (A) tells people that you are risking if you buy tulu before it is 30 weeks old (though people don't know the age of the plants in this case) and option (B) warns people about which plants are less than 30 weeks old (here people may not know that testing at less than 30 weeks is not conclusive). The point is that both options may be marginally helpful but don't reassure the buyers of anything.
But the plan of the govt is not "buyer beware."
It is to reassure gardeners that what is being sold is clean.
Even if options (A) and (B) tempt you, note that the moment option (D) walks in, you know you have a winner. It is the sure shot way to ensure that no infected tulus are sold and hence reassure the gardeners.