Trucking company owner: Theft of trucks containing valuable cargo is a

A) For thieves, a cargo is valuable only if it is easy for them to dispose of profitably. Passage does not mention disposing off stolen goods. Its possible that the theft is on behalf of someone else

B) Some insurance companies charge less to insure cargoes transported in trucks protected by the device. Irrelevant. There is nothing about insurance mentioned in the passage

C) Most stolen trucks are eventually found, but unless a stolen truck is found very soon after it is taken, the likelihood that the trucking company will recover any of its cargo is very low. Passage only mentions that trucks are recovered but not the time period.

D) Thieves generally avoid trucks belonging to trucking companies that are known to have installed the device in a large proportion of their trucks. If an company has installed devices in 50% of its fleet the thieves will choose not to target the trucks. So even if only trucks transporting valuable goods have the device thieves will think twice before going after a truck which has low value cargo.

E) The manufacturer of the device offers a five-year warranty on each unit sold, a longer warranty than any that is offered on any competing antitheft device. Irrelevant. Device warranty doesnt mean thieves wont target a truck.

Most strongly supports ??: choose the best available option supporting the owner's conclusion

Pre thinking: Thieves won't steal Cargo of owner.

A)Not inline with prethinking:
Cargo need not be disposed of by thieves . Maybe they are transporting it as a whole to someone Or maybe they will use it for themselves.
BUT how is it even related to device and conclusion of owner ??( Generally Even if it is HARD to dispose of X.. if they really can do so at ?)

B)So wt losses may be still high if thieves stole trucks!

C)Found or lost time : irrelevant

D)LARGE proportion ?? we know 50% (I doubt this, lets see) . OK But the result is " Thieves won't steal". Let's see if we have any better option.

E)Warranty ? warranty for device ? seriously Out of scope: nowhere near the galaxy

So, though a bit doubtful, I can see no other better option than D

Therefore our answer is D

Don't correct my grammar it's not SC . I m being concise.

Hope this helps.

GMATNinja

Could you please help with option D. how does 50% correspond to large proportion ?

Really struggling to pick this option as correct one.

Trucking company owner: Theft of trucks containing valuable cargo is a serious problem. A new device produces radio signals that allow police to track stolen vehicles, and the recovery rate for stolen cargo in trucks equipped with the device is impressive. The device is too expensive to install in every truck, so we plan to install it in half of our trucks. Using those trucks for the most valuable cargo should largely eliminate losses from theft.

P : Device help to recovery the stolen cargo in trucks equipped with the device
P : The device will be installed in half of the trucks since it is expensive
C : Using trucks with device in transporting most valuable cargo will eliminate losses from theft.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the trucking company owner’s expectation about the results of implementing the plan?

A. For thieves, a cargo is valuable only if it is easy for them to dispose of profitably.
-> Regardless of the device, the cargo in the truck will still be valuable for thieves. Thus this information neither supports nor weakens the argument.

B. Some insurance companies charge less to insure cargoes transported in trucks protected by the device.
-> Lower charge from insurance companies will provide another reason to install the device. However, this information does not directly touch the relation between installing the device and eliminating losses from theft.

C. Most stolen trucks are eventually found, but unless a stolen truck is found very soon after it is taken, the likelihood that the trucking company will recover any of its cargo is very low.
-> The premise has noted that device helps to recover stolen cargo. Thus this information does not weaken nor strengthen the argument. Moreover, still 50% of the trucks will not have devices and if stolen, cargos inside those trucks will be lost. The objective of the company's representative is to eliminate losses from theft not reducing. Thus this answer choice cannot be the answer.

D. Thieves generally avoid trucks belonging to trucking companies that are known to have installed the device in a large proportion of their trucks.
-> Correct. By installing 50% of trucks with most valuable cargo, thieves will gradually get to know that the truck of the company has the device equipped, thus avoid stealing trucks from the company.

E. The manufacturer of the device offers a five-year warranty on each unit sold, a longer warranty than any that is offered on any competing antitheft device.
-> Warranty is not the concern in this question.

Hi avigutman - Want to understand, what inferences I can make with (c).

From (c) -- we realize MOST STOLEN TRUCKS are recovered anyways. So what is the point of the device then, if everything is eventually found ?

According to (c) -- we learn that : the truck have to be recovered VERY SOON.

Now from the free info / free premises, we find that "Recovery rate for stolen cargo in trucks equipped with the device is impressive"

So if I combine information from (c) + information from the free info ==

I infer (ONLY WITH OPTION C) --> the device helps in recovery trucks QUICKLY

I cant make the underlined inference when I move onto to OTHER OPTIONS, similar to a DS question.

I agree with this 100% jabhatta2

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OA solution in case some one is interested

Notes for me (no question)

– As per (c) only – we can infer that .. The device helps in recovery FAST

We cannot determine the underlined inference from (d), (E) or (A) and (B)

Thus, don’t think you the inference in the underline is a strengthener, making (c) a viable choice too in addition to (D) ?

OR
Is (C) still wrong because the conclusion is talking – “no theft”

The underlined inference in (C) is talking about “theft will take place but the recovery will also take place”

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^^ Note from Jd - no the above is wrong.

You have not reead the conclusion - the conclusion is not about "no theft". The conclusion is about "largely eliminate losses from theft" == so even if the truck is stolen and the recovery is GOOD / Fast == thats okay

The reason why (c) is wrong is because the conclusion talks about "largely eliminate losses from theft."

That means == the 2nd truck (with the lesser valuable stuff) ALSO has to NOT GET STOLEN.

with C -- only talks abt truck 1

D is much better because D says == truck 1 and truck 2 BOTH WONT GET stolen, which is in line wiht the conclusion "largely eliminate losses from theft."

Information about the speed of the recovery doesn’t add any value, jabhatta2.
We already knew that the recovery rate for stolen cargo in trucks equipped with the device is impressive. The owner doesn’t care about the amount of time it takes to get back the cargo, as far as we know.

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