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Passage analysis,
Starting at 2015, SDA replaced their TP plane with RJ for >300 miles journey.
SD,
CE's conclusion, High cost-> Low profit.
Question analysis,
WEAKEN i.e., we need to establish there must be another reason for Profit decline other than operating cost.
Answer choice analysis
A. This option talks about other airlines that operates regional jet, but we do not have any info whether those airlines operated RJs in the preceding years. This is not the correct answe.
B. Out of context. We are not bothered about comfort.
C. This does not give any conclusive lead. Even this option is slightly opposite to the premise. Operating cost might be high as CE said. We need to prove that the reason behind profit decline is not the cost.
D. This is also not a conclusive lead. Since even one aspect of the op cost is lesser that does not mean total op. cost is also be less. May be RJ needs more expert pilots who charges more than TP plane pilots.
E. This is the correct answer. This says profit is less because few tickets are sold at lower price equal to its own passenger's cost (may be through out each quarter), which produced 0 profit decreasing the profit altogether in each quarter. That is Cost is not the reason lower Selling price is.
Starting at 2015, SDA replaced their TP plane with RJ for >300 miles journey.
SD,
| Fare | Profit in each quarter | |
| <-2015 (any of the previous year) | x | More |
| 2015 | 1.1x-1.3x | less |
CE's conclusion, High cost-> Low profit.
Question analysis,
WEAKEN i.e., we need to establish there must be another reason for Profit decline other than operating cost.
Answer choice analysis
A. This option talks about other airlines that operates regional jet, but we do not have any info whether those airlines operated RJs in the preceding years. This is not the correct answe.
B. Out of context. We are not bothered about comfort.
C. This does not give any conclusive lead. Even this option is slightly opposite to the premise. Operating cost might be high as CE said. We need to prove that the reason behind profit decline is not the cost.
D. This is also not a conclusive lead. Since even one aspect of the op cost is lesser that does not mean total op. cost is also be less. May be RJ needs more expert pilots who charges more than TP plane pilots.
E. This is the correct answer. This says profit is less because few tickets are sold at lower price equal to its own passenger's cost (may be through out each quarter), which produced 0 profit decreasing the profit altogether in each quarter. That is Cost is not the reason lower Selling price is.
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Ans Choice E : Chief Exec Conclusion : Jet's high Opr costs were responsible for the decline in Profits.
Evidence : Sun Dog sold 10-30 % more fares in 2015 than previous years.
Weaken the Conclusion: If the 10-30% more fares SunDog sold but at a lower price (airline's opr cost) then there will surely be decline in profits but not due to Opr costs but marketing strategy.
Option E highlights this issue.
A : Doesn't weaken the conclusion
B : Doesn't explain the profits decline
C : Gives a reason to doubt the conclusion but there is nothing in the passage to confirm carrying twice no. of pax will lower opr costs. may be the fuel will cost more than twice.
D: Gives another reason to doubt the conclusion but doesn't connect with fares or any evidence in the passage
Evidence : Sun Dog sold 10-30 % more fares in 2015 than previous years.
Weaken the Conclusion: If the 10-30% more fares SunDog sold but at a lower price (airline's opr cost) then there will surely be decline in profits but not due to Opr costs but marketing strategy.
Option E highlights this issue.
A : Doesn't weaken the conclusion
B : Doesn't explain the profits decline
C : Gives a reason to doubt the conclusion but there is nothing in the passage to confirm carrying twice no. of pax will lower opr costs. may be the fuel will cost more than twice.
D: Gives another reason to doubt the conclusion but doesn't connect with fares or any evidence in the passage
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I honestly found this one tricky and a trap to fall for.
So the passage gives us a scenario and tells us that the airline company switched to regional jets for routes longer than 300 miles and also sold 10 - 30% more tickets than last 5 years and still recorded SUBSTANTIALLY lower profits each quarter.
The Chief Executive concludes by saying that this is precisely because of 'higher operating cost'.
Now if we come to the options to weaken this conclusion we majorly get stuck between two options ( C and E ) out of which one seems easily more suitable to the case - E
Now why is E wrong and a trap - because it talks about promotional tickets but for ONLY 35% of the fares, meaning for those 35% the net profit of the airline was 0, but what about the rest of the 65%? They were sold at higher rates so the effective profit should not ideally go down SUBSTANTIALLY.
In option C they are clearly talking about consolidating flights meaning reduction in operating costs, which is the opposite of the conclusion. So this attacks the conclusion on complete opposite direction, hence effectively weakening it the most.
Ans - C is Correct
So the passage gives us a scenario and tells us that the airline company switched to regional jets for routes longer than 300 miles and also sold 10 - 30% more tickets than last 5 years and still recorded SUBSTANTIALLY lower profits each quarter.
The Chief Executive concludes by saying that this is precisely because of 'higher operating cost'.
Now if we come to the options to weaken this conclusion we majorly get stuck between two options ( C and E ) out of which one seems easily more suitable to the case - E
Now why is E wrong and a trap - because it talks about promotional tickets but for ONLY 35% of the fares, meaning for those 35% the net profit of the airline was 0, but what about the rest of the 65%? They were sold at higher rates so the effective profit should not ideally go down SUBSTANTIALLY.
In option C they are clearly talking about consolidating flights meaning reduction in operating costs, which is the opposite of the conclusion. So this attacks the conclusion on complete opposite direction, hence effectively weakening it the most.
Ans - C is Correct
