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22 Jan 2019, 09:55
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Usually, this is how arguments are structured:
Premises and conclusion
or
just premises if the question is looking for the conclusion from you.
Cause and effect is just the reasoning of the argument.
E.g.
Whenever A is high, B is high too.
Hence we can say that A causes B.
We are assuming that A is the cause of B. It is still a premises-conclusion argument.
Plan arguments are those which talk about a problem and a possible solution to fix them.
Here is a post on how to handle plan questions: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2017/1 ... reasoning/
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23 Jan 2019, 03:20
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Hi VeritasKarishma,
Twelve years ago, and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the Darfir Republic's currency, the pundra, was weak: its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and Darfir's exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.
Thanks for your explanation in your post to this question. I just had a doubt regarding the conclusion.
I have been treating Plan questions in the same way i.e. If Plan then Goal so far. and here to in this case I see that
If pundra becomes weak then exports increase.
Therefore Plan is sufficient and the Goal Necessary and Success of the Plan is the assumption.
But, the power score bible which I have been referring identifies "in order to" to be followed by a sufficient condition. I have seen a couple of conclusions in my practise which are of the form in order to do X, we must do Y (in which case it holds) but in the above case it doesn't.
Therefore in order to is not necessarily a sufficient condition marker ?
Thanks,
Kanishka
Twelve years ago, and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the Darfir Republic's currency, the pundra, was weak: its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and Darfir's exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.
Thanks for your explanation in your post to this question. I just had a doubt regarding the conclusion.
I have been treating Plan questions in the same way i.e. If Plan then Goal so far. and here to in this case I see that
If pundra becomes weak then exports increase.
Therefore Plan is sufficient and the Goal Necessary and Success of the Plan is the assumption.
But, the power score bible which I have been referring identifies "in order to" to be followed by a sufficient condition. I have seen a couple of conclusions in my practise which are of the form in order to do X, we must do Y (in which case it holds) but in the above case it doesn't.
Therefore in order to is not necessarily a sufficient condition marker ?
Thanks,
Kanishka
23 Jan 2019, 04:11
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Hey Kanishka,
Even though word markers are a help, I wouldn't trust them blindly. So I wouldn't worry about the use of "in order to". It depends on what follows it -
"...in order to do X, Y is required" or
"... in order to do X, Y is enough"
In plan-goal questions, it is logical that the plan is sufficient to achieve the goal. Otherwise, it is a flawed plan. In the question you mention, the plan certainly seems flawed. Based on past experience of weak pundra leading to increased exports, we are assuming that all we need to do to increase exports again is weaken pundra. So we are assuming that weak pundra is sufficient to increase exports though that may not be the case. Weak pundra isn't necessary either.
Option (B) tells us that capacity to produce more doesn't exist hence exports may not increase. Hence it brings in another factor on which exports depend.
