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arpanpatnaik
GMAT 1: 640 Q42 V37
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16 Jun 2013, 15:06
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Josh: DVD rentals nationwide together handled 10 million fewer DVD rentals in 2012 than in 2011. The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 2012 launch of Webflix, the first and only DVD rental available that, in addition to renting DVDs, also sold them cheaply.
Maxwell: There must be another explanation: as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10 million rentals. Yet Webflix sold only 4 million DVDs in 2012.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the objection that Maxwell presents to Josh's explanation?
(A)In 2012 Webflix rented out more DVDs than it sold.
(B)In 2012 two new DVD services that rent but that do not sell DVDs became available nationwide.
(C)Most of the DVD rental services in the country rent DVDs at a discount on certain nights of the week.
(D)People often buy DVDs of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
(E)People who own DVDs frequently loan them to their friends.
Need some help over this. Would appreciate detailed answers as to why the OE was chosen or if there can be a different perspective other than the OE.
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Arpan
Maxwell: There must be another explanation: as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10 million rentals. Yet Webflix sold only 4 million DVDs in 2012.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the objection that Maxwell presents to Josh's explanation?
(A)In 2012 Webflix rented out more DVDs than it sold.
(B)In 2012 two new DVD services that rent but that do not sell DVDs became available nationwide.
(C)Most of the DVD rental services in the country rent DVDs at a discount on certain nights of the week.
(D)People often buy DVDs of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
(E)People who own DVDs frequently loan them to their friends.
Need some help over this. Would appreciate detailed answers as to why the OE was chosen or if there can be a different perspective other than the OE.
Regards,
Arpan
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16 Jun 2013, 15:42
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Josh : People are renting fewer DVD's because probably it's cheaper to buy them as oppose to renting them.
Maxwell: The above argument is wrong because only 4 million DVD's were sold as compared to 10 million fewer DVD rentals.
So in order to weaken Max's claim, we have to show that buying DVD's cheaper did hurt the rental business.
Now look at answer choices:
A) In 2012 Webflix rented out more DVDs than it sold. // well this doesn't account for fewer DVD rentals ..eliminate.
(B)In 2012 two new DVD services that rent but that do not sell DVDs became available nationwide. // This also doesn't help us weaken the argument. If anything it weakens the argument by pointing out that more DVD rentals are opened may be because their is demand for it.
(C)Most of the DVD rental services in the country rent DVDs at a discount on certain nights of the week.// Renting DVD's at Discount also doesn't help. It strengthen Josh's argument.
(D)People often buy DVDs of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.// Irrelevant
(E)People who own DVDs frequently loan them to their friends. // Correct. If people are buying the movies but loaning them to their friends. It's affecting the renting business. This weakens max's argument.
arpanpatnaik
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16 Jun 2013, 16:03
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After I read your answer I went thru the question again and found out what I was doing/thinking wrong!
The repetition in the first part of 'DVD Rentals' idk made me think that it is a firm or a brand which was loosing a market of 10 mill Rentals due to the launch of Webflix. If that where the case, I saw the idea that Webflix made a rental of more than 4 mill and a sale of 4 mill, explaining the 10 mill discrepancy of the firm 'DVD Rental' and its slump in 2012! This is the reason why [A] and [E] looked really similar to me
I was thinking that the market lost by 'DVD rentals' was being gained by Webflix and it could be explained by [A]. But in actual, the statement [A] simply stated a gain in the rental number in Webflix but did not explain the general decrease in the rental market. Silly me!
anyways! thanks for the explanation BlueLagoon! *Kudos*Regards,
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could you explain.
