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27 Aug 2025, 22:00
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In order to understand the dangers of the current real-estate bubble in Country Y, one has only to look to the real-estate bubble of the last decade in Country Z. In that country, incautious investors used the inflated value of their real estate as collateral in risky margin loans. When the real-estate market collapsed, many investors went bankrupt, creating a major recession. Country Y is in real danger of a similar recession if more stringent laws restricting margin loans are not enacted promptly.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the significance of the author’s claims?
(A) Was the real estate in Country Z located principally in rural areas or was it located in more urban communities?
(B) Could the bankruptcies in Country Z have been prevented by a private bailout plan by the nation’s banks?
(C) Does Country Y currently have any laws on its books regarding margin loans?
(D) Are there business ties and connections between Country Y and Country Z?
(E) Were there other factors in the case of Country Y that would make the comparison with Country Z less meaningful?
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the significance of the author’s claims?
(A) Was the real estate in Country Z located principally in rural areas or was it located in more urban communities?
(B) Could the bankruptcies in Country Z have been prevented by a private bailout plan by the nation’s banks?
(C) Does Country Y currently have any laws on its books regarding margin loans?
(D) Are there business ties and connections between Country Y and Country Z?
(E) Were there other factors in the case of Country Y that would make the comparison with Country Z less meaningful?
28 Aug 2025, 07:48
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Please confirm the official answer.
Per my understanding the correct answer is (E)
(A) Incorrect: as nothing in passage suggests any correlation between rural and urban localities.
(B) Incorrect: as nothing in passage refers to banks or bailouts the concern is that of investors which could be bank or not.
(C) Incorrect: as any laws does not signify 'more stringent laws'.
(D) Incorrect: out of scope, whether business ties exist or not the passage is on similar economic conditions of the two countries.
(E) Correct: if there are any factors that should rule of comparison between both the countries then that information would be most useful in evaluating the authors claim.
Per my understanding the correct answer is (E)
(A) Incorrect: as nothing in passage suggests any correlation between rural and urban localities.
(B) Incorrect: as nothing in passage refers to banks or bailouts the concern is that of investors which could be bank or not.
(C) Incorrect: as any laws does not signify 'more stringent laws'.
(D) Incorrect: out of scope, whether business ties exist or not the passage is on similar economic conditions of the two countries.
(E) Correct: if there are any factors that should rule of comparison between both the countries then that information would be most useful in evaluating the authors claim.
07 Sep 2025, 06:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
E
To evaluate the significance of the author’s claims, we need to recognize what kind of argument it is: an analogy. The author is saying that the situation in Country Y is analogous to that of Country Z. To weaken an analogy, you merely have to question whether the two situations were really analogous. Choices A and B are outside the scope of the argument. Choice C is incorrect because the author’s argument stated that more stringent laws were needed, making it irrelevant whether Country Y had any laws about this in the first place. Choice D goes off on an interesting tangent by asking if there were business ties between the two countries, but it does not weaken the argument’s analogy. Only choice E questions whether the two situations are in fact analogous. E is the best answer.
