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Exports of United States wood pulp will rise considerably during this year. The reason for the rise is that the falling value of the dollar will make it cheaper for paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe to buy American wood pulp than to get it from any other source.
Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?
(A) Factory output of paper products in Japan and Western Europe will increase sharply during this year.
(B) The quality of the wood pulp produced in the United States would be adequate for the purposes of Japanese and Western European paper manufacturers.
(C) Paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe would prefer to use wood pulp produced in the United States if cost were not a factor.
(D) Demand for paper products made in Japan and Western Europe will not increase sharply during this year.
(E) Production of wood pulp by United States companies will not increase sharply during this year.
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sankruth, IMO B. What's the OA? The answer can not be C. Because in the argument, it is clearly mentioning -
| Quote: | | The reason for the rise is that the falling value of the dollar will make it cheaper for paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe to buy American wood pulp than to get it from any other source. |
In the argument itself, it is saying that the wood pulp of America will be cheaper for Japan and Western Europe to buy. And C is also saying the same thing - Japan and Western Europe would like to buy the pulp if they are cheap to them. But that's already mentioned in the argument that wood pulp will be cheap for Japan and western Europe. So leave C out of the choices. left with A, B, D and E. D and E can not be! So A and B. here the confusion comes. But again, according to A, the conclusion comes true if Japan and Western Europe starts producing more paper products. -> Not necessarily. Because even if they continue their current production rate and price of wood pulp goes down, they can buy it from America. So large scale of buying out the wood pulp will be there. So leave A also. We are now left with B. And IMO B. What's the OA?
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OA is B
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