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Updated on: 01 Jul 2019, 06:38
Originally posted by Nevernevergiveup on 06 Oct 2015, 13:11.
Last edited by BillyZ on 01 Jul 2019, 06:38, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by BillyZ on 01 Jul 2019, 06:38, edited 2 times in total.
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Environmentalist: It takes less energy to make molten glass from recycled glass than from raw materials. Once the recycled glass or raw materials have been turned into molten glass, making bottles from recycled glass follows the same process as making bottles from raw materials. Obviously, soft drink bottlers who make a large percentage of their bottles from recycled glass have significant energy savings. Therefore, by using recycled glass instead of glass made from raw materials, bottlers can lower their costs and benefit the environment at the same time.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
(A) The process of making bottles from plastic that has been recycled is not significantly more energy efficient than is the process of making bottles from glass that has been recycled.
(B) The amount of glass that is currently recycled each year is enough to supply the major soft drink bottlers with materials for a large percentage of the glass bottles they make that year.
(C) Most consumers are not able to distinguish bottles made from recycled glass from glass bottles made from raw materials.
(D) Purchasing and transport costs are not so much greater for recycled glass than for raw materials that they outweigh the savings in energy costs resulting from the use of recycled glass.
(E) The process of making molten glass from recycled glass requires fewer steps than does the process of making molten glass from raw materials.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
(A) The process of making bottles from plastic that has been recycled is not significantly more energy efficient than is the process of making bottles from glass that has been recycled.
(B) The amount of glass that is currently recycled each year is enough to supply the major soft drink bottlers with materials for a large percentage of the glass bottles they make that year.
(C) Most consumers are not able to distinguish bottles made from recycled glass from glass bottles made from raw materials.
(D) Purchasing and transport costs are not so much greater for recycled glass than for raw materials that they outweigh the savings in energy costs resulting from the use of recycled glass.
(E) The process of making molten glass from recycled glass requires fewer steps than does the process of making molten glass from raw materials.
I feel Main fight is between B and D.
conclusion says that by using recycled glass instead of glass made from raw materials, bottlers can lower their costs and benefit the environment at the same time. But inorder to use recycled glass instead of glass from raw material they should have enough amout of material as in B.
conclusion says that by using recycled glass instead of glass made from raw materials, bottlers can lower their costs and benefit the environment at the same time. But inorder to use recycled glass instead of glass from raw material they should have enough amout of material as in B.
06 Oct 2015, 21:27
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dav90
Bottle making process:
Step 0) (The enlightenment: coming up later
)a. Get raw material
OR
b. Get recycled glass
Step 1) Make molten Glass
a. Raw material ---> Molten Glass (Requires more energy)
OR
b. Recycled glass ----> Molten glass (Requires less energy)
Step 2) Make bottles
Molten Glass (from step 1) ---> Bottles
Environmentalist's conclusion:
By using recycled glass instead of glass made from raw materials (use step 1 -b, instead of step 1 -a), bottlers can lower their costs and benefit the environment at the same time.
Clearly, the Environmentalist is only considering the process of making bottles after the bottlers have either Raw material or recycled glass ready with them (failing to address Step 0). Sure, once you have the recycled glass ready, the process will be cost effective but what about the cost of getting the recycled glass? (consider Step 0 now)
For the cost of making bottles from recycled glass to be lower than that of making bottles from raw material, the cost associated with obtaining recycled glass should be less than that of getting raw material - Assumption
This is choice D
B is actually out of scope:
Environmentalist is only saying that If the bottlers use recycled glass instead of raw material, they can lower their costs. period!
Availability of recycled glass is none of his business. Even if there is no recycled glass available, what he concluded may still hold.
Just like-
By giving more mocks, you can score better on the GMAT.
now, i dont care if the number of mocks that are currently created each year is enough for you. Even if it isnt, what i told still holds true.
Hope that helps
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06 Oct 2015, 19:07
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Mechmeera
I am still inclined towards B, because if there is no enough glass available then the argument about profit would be futile. but the last statement i.e the conclusion is about cost and environment saving, and hence I am now really confused between B and D
Can anybody tell what is the exact point which makes D better than B
