Nutritionists and dentists offer contradictory advice to parents with

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Nutritionists and dentists offer contradictory advice to parents with regard to the eating of Halloween candy. Nutritionists advise parents to make their children eat a small amount of candy each day over a long period of time. Dentists advise parents to let their children eat all the candy at once.

Assuming that the above passage is accurate, which of the following statements can be inferred from it?

A. The dentists and the nutritionists cannot both be right; only further research will determine which advice is best.

B. Since experts disagree, it is obvious that they do not know as much as they claim to.

C. Dentists and nutritionists disagree because they are concerned about completely different health problems.

D. Eating all the candy at once causes more cavities than eating the same amount of candy over a longer period of time.

E. The dentists are more scientific in their approach to the problem.

mbaiseasy · Answer

A. Perhaps, one of them is right. Perhaps, both of them are wrong. This was not validated by the stimulus.
B. this is extreme. Them not knowing as much is not validated in the stimulus.
C. I don't feel strongly about this but after eliminating a,b,d and e. this became my response.
D. Cavities not mentioned in the stimulus. The dentist may have other reasons.
E. extreme like B...

Answer: C

BangOn · Answer

I like A better than C. Rest all can be eliminated.
Different health problems or same health problems in C cant be confirmed. 
A avoids this debate by pointing things to further research. Also A just points out the disagreement via The dentists and the nutritionists cannot both be right

A for me.

mbaiseasy · Answer

Hmm. But, how about the inference it made about further research... Perhaps, it doesn't have to go this far to know what is the best advice.
It's not mentioned in the stimulus.

egmat · Answer

Hi,

This question uses too much common knowledge (that nutritionists and dentists are concerned about different problems) in an inference problem. This does not look like a typical GMAT problem.

Also, option A cannot be the answer since neither nutritionists nor dentists are claiming their way to be the best way; they are just advising. If they were saying that the best way to eat candy...., then option A could be worth considering. But this is not the case. For example: If someone advises you to solve all OG questions, you cannot say that he is right or wrong. Only when the other person says that solving all OG questions is the only way to score 700 on GMAT, then you can label him right or wrong.

Thanks,
Chiranjeev

TooLong150 · Answer

From an Inference question perspective, all of these answer choices are wrong. It is impossible to infer them from the information given.

This is not even a GMAC question based on a quick Google search, so it is not worth studying.

sayan640 · Answer

Bunuel   VeritasKarishma   generis   nightblade354 
Can you please check whether this question is actually from Gmat Prep and is worth studying ?

nightblade354 · Answer

sayan640 , no way this is GMATPrep. Until I see some proof, and I doubt I will see any, this question's source has been changed. As stated above, none of these can be inferred.

KarishmaB · Answer

I do not know what the source of this question is but I would choose (C) without a doubt. It does make you use quite a bit of common sense and courtesy to both professions but it is the most logical. But yes, GMAT inference questions are not like this. You are able to infer an inference from the data given in the passage. This passage tells us nothing about why they disagree on the best course of action.

m1033512 · Answer

This is not a right GMAT question.

Even after selecting C, there are no facts available in the passage which can lead to this option.

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SauravXYZ · Answer

I had a strong belief that in Inference Questions, outside knowledge can't be used. Then how is option C better than A. 
Nowhere in the passage is it mentioned that they are experts of different health problems

On the other hand option A is neutral, just asking about more research for confirmative conclusion

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  SauravXYZ . You will note that other Experts above, such as  VeritasKarishma  and   nightblade354  , have called out the question for its dubious nature. Also,  egmat  touches on why (A) is not correct as an inference. For my part, I would add that grammatically,  best  should be  better  in (A), since we are only weighing up the advice of two  groups —dentists and nutritionists—not that of individuals within these groups. (The superlative -st should not be used in such a comparison.)

I would advise looking past this question and centering your preparation on  official  questions as much as possible. Such gaps in logic should not appear in correct answers.

Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

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