A passenger ship sank as a result of a hole in its hull.

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A passenger ship sank as a result of a hole in its hull. Normally, when a punctured ship sinks as rapidly as this boat did, water does not enter the ship quickly enough for it to be fully flooded when it reaches the ocean floor. Full flooding occurs more often, however, when the puncture is the result of sabotage. Any ship that sinks deep into the ocean when not fully flooded will implode. Photographs of the boat on the ocean floor reveal that it did not implode. Which one of the following must be true on the basis of the information above?

A. The passenger ship was constructed so as to reduce the risk of sinking by impact.
B. If the passenger ship became fully flooded, it did so only after it reached the ocean floor.
C. If the passenger ship was not sunk by sabotage, water flooded into it at an unusually rapid rate.
D. When ships are punctured by sabotage, the hole formed in the hull is generally wider than when the puncture is accidental.
E. The passenger ship was strongly constructed so as to resist imploding under deep-sea pressure.

OA is C
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by reachac » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:25 am
IMO C

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by raunekk » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:41 am
IMo:C
stimulus:
1)
The rate at which the ship sank > rate of water entering it.
Therefore,there are chances that it is not fully flooded.
Thus there are chances it may implode too.
2)
Also,
generally, sabotage leads to sinking at such high rate.
If its sinks at such a high rate, it will not be fully flooded.
Thus there are chances it may implode .


But the ship didnt implode.Thus from 1 and 2 we can say that..

AS it sank so rapidly, it may be a cause of sabotage ..
And because it didnt implode..water may have entered at a very very high rate.

C says exactly that.

I hope this helps.

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by Vignesh.4384 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:39 pm
IMO C:

This question you can narrow down the choices B and C easily.
The reason why B cannot be the answer is :

Passage says : Any ship that sinks deep into the ocean when not fully flooded will implode.

Option B says: If the passenger ship became fully flooded, it did so only after it reached the ocean floor.

Option is trying to change the information the passage has provided.
so eliminate B.

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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 12:33 am
I'd say C but I'm afraid more because of my intuition than any logic.