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Updated on: 07 Mar 2026, 09:04
Originally posted by MartyMurray on 06 Feb 2025, 20:02.
Last edited by MartyMurray on 07 Mar 2026, 09:04, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by MartyMurray on 07 Mar 2026, 09:04, edited 1 time in total.
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A company that operates a chain of coffee shops has redesigned the plastic lid it uses on cups of coffee sold to customers. The management of the company is confident that, by using the new lid, the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates because the new lid weighs significantly less than the company’s previous lid.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the management’s expectation?
(A) Because many coffee drinkers are environmentally conscious, by becoming more environmentally friendly, the company will take customers from less environmentally friendly companies.
(B) Customers can reduce the amount of plastic they use per unit of coffee by ordering single larger cups of coffee rather than multiple smaller cups of coffee.
(C) The company will soon begin selling coffee in cups that customers can conveniently reuse because they can be cleaned in seconds by a machine located in each of the company’s shops.
(D) The design of the new lid is such that other companies that operate coffee shops will be able to make similar lids without violating any patents.
(E) The chain’s customers are no more likely to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the new lid than they were to use them to drink coffee from cups with the previous lid.
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Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the management’s expectation?
(A) Because many coffee drinkers are environmentally conscious, by becoming more environmentally friendly, the company will take customers from less environmentally friendly companies.
(B) Customers can reduce the amount of plastic they use per unit of coffee by ordering single larger cups of coffee rather than multiple smaller cups of coffee.
(C) The company will soon begin selling coffee in cups that customers can conveniently reuse because they can be cleaned in seconds by a machine located in each of the company’s shops.
(D) The design of the new lid is such that other companies that operate coffee shops will be able to make similar lids without violating any patents.
(E) The chain’s customers are no more likely to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the new lid than they were to use them to drink coffee from cups with the previous lid.
Source: Marty Murray Coaching
06 Feb 2025, 20:40
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A company that operates a chain of coffee shops has redesigned the plastic lid it uses on cups of coffee sold to customers. The management of the company is confident that, by using the new lid, the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates because the new lid weighs significantly less than the company’s previous lid.
The management's expectation, or conclusion, is the following:
by using the new lid, the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates
There is some support for that expectation, which is the following:
the new lid weighs significantly less than the company’s previous lid
We see that management has reasoned that, since the new lid weighs less and thus, presumably, contains less plastic, by using the new lid in place of the old lid, the company will reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the management’s expectation?
This is a Strengthen question, and the correct answer will somehow indicate that the management's expectation will turn out to be accurate.
(A) Because many coffee drinkers are environmentally conscious, by becoming more environmentally friendly, the company will take customers from less environmentally friendly companies.
This choice is tempting because it indicates that, by using the new lid and thus becoming more environmentally, the company will take customers from less environmentally friendly companies and thus may cause a reduction in plastic waste in that way.
At the same time, reducing plastic waste in that way would not be reducing the amount of plastic waste the company generates. It would be reducing the amount of plastic waste generated by other companies.
So, this choice doesn't support the management's expectation that "the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste IT generates."
Eliminate.
(B) Customers can reduce the amount of plastic they use per unit of coffee by ordering single larger cups of coffee rather than multiple smaller cups of coffee.
This choice brings up another way in which plastic waste can be reduced, but it doesn't mean that "by using the new lid, the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates."
After all, customers reducing plastic waste by ordering single larger cups of coffee rather than multiple smaller cups is not the company reducing plastic waste by using the new lid.
Eliminate.
(C) The company will soon begin selling coffee in cups that customers can conveniently reuse because they can be cleaned in seconds by a machine located in each of the company’s shops.
This choice supports the conclusion that the company will reduce plastic waste.
However, it's not the correct answer because it doesn't indicate that the company will reduce plastic waste "by using the new lid."
After all, reducing plastic was by selling coffee in reusable cups is not reducing plastic waste "by using the new lid."
Eliminate.
(D) The design of the new lid is such that other companies that operate coffee shops will be able to make similar lids without violating any patents.
This choice is tempting because it indicates that, by using the new lid, the company may reduce plastic waste generated in general because other companies may copy the lid and use it and thus reduce the amount of plastic waste they generate.
At the same time, this choice is not correct because it indicates that other companies may reduce plastic waste, not that the company itself will "reduce the amount of plastic waste IT generates."
Eliminate.
(E) The chain’s customers are no more likely to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the new lid than they were to use them to drink coffee from cups with the previous lid.
This choice is interesting.
After all, if what this choice says is true, then we have some confirmation that the management's expectation will prove to be accurate.
Why? Because this choice serves to eliminate a potential issue.
After all, if customers were MORE LIKELY to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the new lid than they were to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the previous lid, the management's expectation might not prove to be accurate since the reduction in plastic waste achieved through use of the new lid might be offset by the an increase in plastic waste resulting from increased use of straws.
So, by confirming that there will not be an increase in straw use as a result of the switch to the new lid, this choice helps to confirm that the management's expectation will prove to be accurate.
Keep.
Correct answer: E
The management's expectation, or conclusion, is the following:
by using the new lid, the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates
There is some support for that expectation, which is the following:
the new lid weighs significantly less than the company’s previous lid
We see that management has reasoned that, since the new lid weighs less and thus, presumably, contains less plastic, by using the new lid in place of the old lid, the company will reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the management’s expectation?
This is a Strengthen question, and the correct answer will somehow indicate that the management's expectation will turn out to be accurate.
(A) Because many coffee drinkers are environmentally conscious, by becoming more environmentally friendly, the company will take customers from less environmentally friendly companies.
This choice is tempting because it indicates that, by using the new lid and thus becoming more environmentally, the company will take customers from less environmentally friendly companies and thus may cause a reduction in plastic waste in that way.
At the same time, reducing plastic waste in that way would not be reducing the amount of plastic waste the company generates. It would be reducing the amount of plastic waste generated by other companies.
So, this choice doesn't support the management's expectation that "the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste IT generates."
Eliminate.
(B) Customers can reduce the amount of plastic they use per unit of coffee by ordering single larger cups of coffee rather than multiple smaller cups of coffee.
This choice brings up another way in which plastic waste can be reduced, but it doesn't mean that "by using the new lid, the company will significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste it generates."
After all, customers reducing plastic waste by ordering single larger cups of coffee rather than multiple smaller cups is not the company reducing plastic waste by using the new lid.
Eliminate.
(C) The company will soon begin selling coffee in cups that customers can conveniently reuse because they can be cleaned in seconds by a machine located in each of the company’s shops.
This choice supports the conclusion that the company will reduce plastic waste.
However, it's not the correct answer because it doesn't indicate that the company will reduce plastic waste "by using the new lid."
After all, reducing plastic was by selling coffee in reusable cups is not reducing plastic waste "by using the new lid."
Eliminate.
(D) The design of the new lid is such that other companies that operate coffee shops will be able to make similar lids without violating any patents.
This choice is tempting because it indicates that, by using the new lid, the company may reduce plastic waste generated in general because other companies may copy the lid and use it and thus reduce the amount of plastic waste they generate.
At the same time, this choice is not correct because it indicates that other companies may reduce plastic waste, not that the company itself will "reduce the amount of plastic waste IT generates."
Eliminate.
(E) The chain’s customers are no more likely to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the new lid than they were to use them to drink coffee from cups with the previous lid.
This choice is interesting.
After all, if what this choice says is true, then we have some confirmation that the management's expectation will prove to be accurate.
Why? Because this choice serves to eliminate a potential issue.
After all, if customers were MORE LIKELY to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the new lid than they were to use plastic straws to drink coffee from cups with the previous lid, the management's expectation might not prove to be accurate since the reduction in plastic waste achieved through use of the new lid might be offset by the an increase in plastic waste resulting from increased use of straws.
So, by confirming that there will not be an increase in straw use as a result of the switch to the new lid, this choice helps to confirm that the management's expectation will prove to be accurate.
Keep.
Correct answer: E
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06 Feb 2025, 22:18
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Was down to A and E.
Rejected A thinking what if those environmentally conscious coffee drinkers are already with some other environmentally conscious company. Then this would not lead to significant reduction in waste. We are assuming those environmentally conscious coffee drinkers are stuck with less environmentally conscious companies.
E is helping strengthen by saying, this new change, doesn't lead to anything else which will increase the plastic consumption. Hence this kind of has isolated the factor we are concerned about - the new lids
Rejected A thinking what if those environmentally conscious coffee drinkers are already with some other environmentally conscious company. Then this would not lead to significant reduction in waste. We are assuming those environmentally conscious coffee drinkers are stuck with less environmentally conscious companies.
E is helping strengthen by saying, this new change, doesn't lead to anything else which will increase the plastic consumption. Hence this kind of has isolated the factor we are concerned about - the new lids
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