Here in America, when compared with Europe, we have a much more relaxe

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Here in America, when compared with Europe, we have a much more relaxed attitude towards corporate profiteering — too relaxed, much of the time. But in the Covid 19 scenario, it served us well, because we did not pinch pennies in a health crisis, and hence were able to procure and deliver more vaccines.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage above?

(A) Corporate profiteering is good for nations most of the time. 
(B) Corporate profiteering benefits companies that engage in the same. 
(C) Entities that have a relaxed attitude towards corporate profiteering can sometimes benefit because of that attitude. 
(D) America would not have been able to procure as many vaccines had it engaged in negotiations with Drug companies. 
(D) Europe would have been able to procure just as many vaccines as America did had it been just as relaxed about corporate profiteering.

MBAPrepCoach · Answer

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Arthurito · Answer

Not official question I think... Should be E because that is exactly what is inferred, and in C I dont know why we would refer to America and Europe as 'entities'. They are countries or states, but certainly not entities. Not confident on this one

LucienH · Answer

Is there an OA to this question ? I feel like answer should be E

Clat20267777 · Answer

No data given so u cnat just make ur grounds say that c isrigth

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Explanation

America is generally more relaxed about corporate profiteering than Europe. That is usually too relaxed, a negative.   But   during Covid-19, this relaxed attitude helped because America didn’t pinch pennies, so it got more vaccines faster.

Key:  relaxed attitude → didn’t pinch pennies → got more vaccines in this health crisis.

What can be inferred?

An inference must be logically drawn from the passage, not just a restatement, and not something outside what’s stated.

(A)  The passage says  “too relaxed, much of the time”  implying it’s usually bad, not good. This contradicts  (A).

(B)  This is probably true in real life, but it’s not discussed in the passage. The passage talks about national outcomes, not companies’ benefits.

(C) Yes , America (an entity) had a relaxed attitude and benefited in this scenario (vaccines). The passage explicitly says  “served us well”  here. This is a valid inference: it doesn’t say always benefit, but  “can sometimes benefit”  matches exactly.

(D)  This is too specific, we aren’t told America didn’t negotiate.  “Did not pinch pennies”  could still involve negotiations but not haggle over price in a way that slowed things. Also, this is a strong counterfactual not necessarily proven. Not fully inferable.

(E)  Maybe possible, but not inferable. We don’t know Europe’s constraints were only attitude; maybe they had less money, production issues, etc. This assumes relaxation alone would guarantee same outcome.

Answer: C

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