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30 Apr 2022, 10:56
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A large pet-food manufacturer currently uses pork meal as the main protein-supplying ingredient in its most popular dog food. In order to cut costs, the manufacturer plans to switch from pork meal to a mixture of equal amounts of this pork meal and of chicken meal, which currently costs 20 percent less per pound than pork meal.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the viability of the pet-food manufacturer’s plan?
(A) Dogs are proportionately more likely to experience allergic reactions from eating chicken meal than from eating pork meal.
(B) Because its market segment is rapidly becoming more competitive, the manufacturer will almost certainly have to lower the price per pound of its products to retain its market share.
(C) Chicken meal of the grade used for pet foods has a shorter shelf life than does the comparable grade of pork meal.
(D) If the proposed change is implemented, the resulting change in overall demand would cause the wholesale market price of chicken meal to rise.
(E) Chicken meal is more fuel-efficient for the manufacturer to process into pet food than is pork meal.
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Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the viability of the pet-food manufacturer’s plan?
(A) Dogs are proportionately more likely to experience allergic reactions from eating chicken meal than from eating pork meal.
(B) Because its market segment is rapidly becoming more competitive, the manufacturer will almost certainly have to lower the price per pound of its products to retain its market share.
(C) Chicken meal of the grade used for pet foods has a shorter shelf life than does the comparable grade of pork meal.
(D) If the proposed change is implemented, the resulting change in overall demand would cause the wholesale market price of chicken meal to rise.
(E) Chicken meal is more fuel-efficient for the manufacturer to process into pet food than is pork meal.
New CR problem from Ron Purewal
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30 Apr 2022, 11:12
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A nice one by Ron. Kudos to Sarah for posting it.
Got it correct in 02:12.
The question is to find an answer choice that questions the viability of the proposed plan. That means, we need an answer choice that makes the company's plan of replacing some portions of pork meal with the chicken meal shady.
We are not concerned with whether that plan would be a success in the longer run. We need to access whether it would be a good cost-cutting measure as of now. So, though (A) and (B) sound tempting, they are not the correct choices.
Only (D) speaks on that. If the costs of the "chicken meal" will increase post this measure, the plan to cut the costs would fail. And thus, (D) is our answer. It took me longer than I expected because I mistook "chicken meal" for "new chicken dog food".
Got it correct in 02:12.
The question is to find an answer choice that questions the viability of the proposed plan. That means, we need an answer choice that makes the company's plan of replacing some portions of pork meal with the chicken meal shady.
We are not concerned with whether that plan would be a success in the longer run. We need to access whether it would be a good cost-cutting measure as of now. So, though (A) and (B) sound tempting, they are not the correct choices.
Only (D) speaks on that. If the costs of the "chicken meal" will increase post this measure, the plan to cut the costs would fail. And thus, (D) is our answer. It took me longer than I expected because I mistook "chicken meal" for "new chicken dog food".
28 May 2022, 17:20
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Wow, how great to see the Purewals active on the site again—I guess I am about a month behind. (Ron, I would like to think that my request to you in one of my posts played some small part in persuading you to return, but you need not spoil the mystery.) I am not sure whether an official analysis is forthcoming, so I will refrain from posting a full breakdown of the passage, question, and answer choices. I will say, however, that in order to cast doubt on the viability of any plan, a test-taker had better understand the plan in question. Here, the crux of the matter lies in the throwaway phrase in order to cut costs. Follow that thought, and one answer stands alone.
As someone who dabbles in question-writing, and as my signature suggests, I can be a harsh critic of questions by third parties. (I wrote a post just yesterday on a Quant question I found unsatisfactory by GMAT™ standards.) I would like to say that I enjoyed working through this one, which has the right (GMAT™-like) "feel" to it. Thank you for sharing, Sarah and Ron.
- Andrew
As someone who dabbles in question-writing, and as my signature suggests, I can be a harsh critic of questions by third parties. (I wrote a post just yesterday on a Quant question I found unsatisfactory by GMAT™ standards.) I would like to say that I enjoyed working through this one, which has the right (GMAT™-like) "feel" to it. Thank you for sharing, Sarah and Ron.
- Andrew
