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Compared to a carnivore, an herbivore needs relatively few pounds of plants as food to be able to produce a pound of protein. Since carnivores feed on both herbivores and other carnivores, the accumulated consumption of thousands of pounds of plants is needed for a carnivore to produce a pound of protein.

This argument is best completed by which of the following?

(A) Herbivores produce protein faster than carnivores.

(B) A pound of carnivore protein has more food value than a pound of herbivore protein.

(C) The impact of people on plant resources would be much less if they substituted chicken for tuna in their diets.

(D) Carnivores’ diets consist of more plants than meat.

(E) Chickens are a cheaper source of food than tuna.

unraveled · Answer

Where did tuna come from?

What is the logic?

Certainly POE leads to C but if I have to pick between C and D, I would go with D, even though it is not making much sense in reality.

Satyam1408 · Answer

Compared to a carnivore, an herbivore needs relatively few pounds of plants as food to be able to produce a pound of protein. Since carnivores feed on both herbivores and other carnivores, the accumulated consumption of thousands of pounds of plants is needed for a carnivore to produce a pound of protein.

This argument is best completed by which of the following?

(A) Herbivores produce protein faster than carnivores.

(B) A pound of carnivore protein has more food value than a pound of herbivore protein.

(C) The impact of people on plant resources would be much less if they substituted chicken for tuna in their diets.

(D) Carnivores??? diets consist of more plants than meat.

(E) Chickens are a cheaper source of food than tuna

Huongtang183 · Answer

(A) Herbivores produce protein faster than carnivores. NOT MENTIONED

(B) A pound of carnivore protein has more food value than a pound of herbivore protein. NOT MENTIONED

(C) The impact of people on plant resources would be much less if they substituted chicken for tuna in their diets. CORRECT 
Chickens feed on plants (terrestrial), insects 
Tunas feed on smaller fish, seaweed (non-terrestrial)
Therefore, the replacement of chicken alleviates human's impact on plant resources.

(D) Carnivores’ diets consist of more plants than meat. NO MEAT INFORMATION MENTIONED

(E) Chickens are a cheaper source of food than tuna. IRRELEVANT

Ritesh1191 · Answer

This one is a clear bouncer...someone please help!!

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8Harshitsharma · Answer

This question doesn't give the GMAT vibe. It must be from the part of the LSAT universe which is not relevant for GMATers.

Between B, C, and D

B. There is no mention of the food value of carnivores or herbivores in the stimulus -  This is clearly out of scope

C. This is utterly nonsense from the GMAT exam prep perspective - because external knowledge about chickens and Tuna is required -  Chickens are omnivores, but Tunas are carnivores , so if humans shift their diet from C (Omnivores) to T (Carnivores) they will save plant resources (Which the chickens consume) -  Meh, the logic is correct but at what cost.

D. There is no mention of the ratio of meat to the plants in a herbivore - even if there is a supposed correlation between the two, it need not be the same magnitude for every animal on the planet. Ex. Elephants vs goats - both are herbivores with great differences in their diets. Also, newborn herbivore babies will have high meat to plant ratio because they would mostly be feeding on their mother's milk -  This is ALSO out of scope

The winner is C, but with presupposed external knowledge

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