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18 Sep 2015, 04:56
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A company sells rear-view mirrors and visors for a certain make of automobile. It also manufactures side view mirrors, but these aren’t as popular a product as are rear-view mirrors. Because the company sells more rear-view mirrors than side-view mirrors, the company can increase sales by selling side –view mirrors and rear- view mirrors packaged together as one unit.
The claim made above rests on which presupposition?
A. Visors do not sell as well as rear-view mirrors.
B. No other company sells rear-view mirrors separately.
C. Sales of a product will not be affected by changing the way it is sold
D. Mirrors should regularly be checked and replaced to maintain safety standards
E. Demand for rear–view mirrors will not decline by as much as sales of side-view mirrors will increase.
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The claim made above rests on which presupposition?
A. Visors do not sell as well as rear-view mirrors.
B. No other company sells rear-view mirrors separately.
C. Sales of a product will not be affected by changing the way it is sold
D. Mirrors should regularly be checked and replaced to maintain safety standards
E. Demand for rear–view mirrors will not decline by as much as sales of side-view mirrors will increase.
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Assumption question, Use negate test, negation of the assumption must destroy the conclusion
Conclusion: company will increase sales by packaging the rear view and side view together.
Negate C: sale of a product will be affected by changing the way it is sold.
It doesn’t destroy the conclusion because “affected” can mean either increase the sale or decrease the sale.
Negate E: demand for rear view will decline by as much as sales of side view.
Basically it’s saying that sales will be the same. Sales of one go up and sales of the other go down. This destroys the conclusion that company will INCREASE sales…
Conclusion: company will increase sales by packaging the rear view and side view together.
Negate C: sale of a product will be affected by changing the way it is sold.
It doesn’t destroy the conclusion because “affected” can mean either increase the sale or decrease the sale.
Negate E: demand for rear view will decline by as much as sales of side view.
Basically it’s saying that sales will be the same. Sales of one go up and sales of the other go down. This destroys the conclusion that company will INCREASE sales…
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18 Sep 2015, 22:29
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A company sells rear-view mirrors and visors for a certain make of automobile. It also manufactures side view mirrors, but these aren’t as popular a product as are rear-view mirrors. Because the company sells more rear-view mirrors than side-view mirrors, the company can increase sales by selling side –view mirrors and rear- view mirrors packaged together as one unit.
The claim made above rests on which presupposition?
This question has three answer choices that can be easily eliminated. Once one gets down to two answer choices, one has to look closely to see which is better.
Before going to the answer choices, we need to know what the claim is. The claim is that the company can increase overall sales by packaging side view mirrors with rear view mirrors.
A. Visors do not sell as well as rear-view mirrors.
This is about packaging rear view mirrors with side view mirrors, and visors don't seem to have anything to do with it. So I am pretty confident that this answer is irrelevant.
B. No other company sells rear-view mirrors separately.
This is related to what is being discussed, but be careful. It does not really support the plan being discussed.
C. Sales of a product will not be affected by changing the way it is sold.
This could be it. Maybe the claim is based on the idea that packaging the two together will not affect the sales of rear view mirrors. Keeping this for now.
D. Mirrors should regularly be checked and replaced to maintain safety standards.
This may be true, but be careful, it does not support the plan being discussed. This is an example of a CR answer choice that may be true in isolation but is not relevant to what is being discussed. Often CR answer choices work that way and by noticing the difference between being true in isolation and being relevant to the discussion at hand, one can eliminate many wrong answer choices and avoid being tricked.
E. Demand for rear–view mirrors will not decline by as much as sales of side-view mirrors will increase.
I guess this is it. Answer choice C seems valid too, but this is more tightly connected to the plan, which is to increase sales overall by packaging side view mirrors with rear view mirrors.
So while actually I don't find this question to be that tight, is the best answer.
The claim made above rests on which presupposition?
This question has three answer choices that can be easily eliminated. Once one gets down to two answer choices, one has to look closely to see which is better.
Before going to the answer choices, we need to know what the claim is. The claim is that the company can increase overall sales by packaging side view mirrors with rear view mirrors.
A. Visors do not sell as well as rear-view mirrors.
This is about packaging rear view mirrors with side view mirrors, and visors don't seem to have anything to do with it. So I am pretty confident that this answer is irrelevant.
B. No other company sells rear-view mirrors separately.
This is related to what is being discussed, but be careful. It does not really support the plan being discussed.
C. Sales of a product will not be affected by changing the way it is sold.
This could be it. Maybe the claim is based on the idea that packaging the two together will not affect the sales of rear view mirrors. Keeping this for now.
D. Mirrors should regularly be checked and replaced to maintain safety standards.
This may be true, but be careful, it does not support the plan being discussed. This is an example of a CR answer choice that may be true in isolation but is not relevant to what is being discussed. Often CR answer choices work that way and by noticing the difference between being true in isolation and being relevant to the discussion at hand, one can eliminate many wrong answer choices and avoid being tricked.
E. Demand for rear–view mirrors will not decline by as much as sales of side-view mirrors will increase.
I guess this is it. Answer choice C seems valid too, but this is more tightly connected to the plan, which is to increase sales overall by packaging side view mirrors with rear view mirrors.
So while actually I don't find this question to be that tight, is the best answer.
