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by italian7745 » Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:41 am
Industrialists from the country of Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian Civil War merely to insure that the industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war.Yet this cannot be the motive since , as the Distopians foresaw , Distopia's federal expenses for the intervention were 8 billion dollars , wheras , during the war , profits from the Distopian Industrialists facilities in Arcadia totalled only 4 billion dollars.

Which of the following , if true , exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above ?

A) During the Arcadian War , many Distopians industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.

B) The largest proportion of Distopia's federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits
C) Most Distopian Industrialists facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war
D) Distopian Inustrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war
E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering the Arcadians underwent during the civil war
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by papgust » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:23 am
IMO B.

The argument assumes that people who bear the Distopia's federal expenses and people who made substantial profits during the war are the same.

This choice exposes the flaw that these people are different i.e. people who receive no significant industrial profits.
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by 2010gmat » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:12 am
it should be B...

if someone else was paying for the war...thn industrialists were making clean profit...
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by mehravikas » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:02 pm
IMO - C

The industries opened at the time of war will have same profits even after the war. So initially if the profits were less than the intervention amount gradually the industries will benefit because they would continue to make similar profit.
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by hmboy17 » Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:25 pm
my answer would be B. I would request to every one who post the questions that please do post the answers with them. You can always hide the answer....this gets really bad for people who wants to know the correct answer.
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by italian7745 » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:11 pm
OA is B
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:15 am
hmboy17 wrote:my answer would be B. I would request to every one who post the questions that please do post the answers with them. You can always hide the answer....this gets really bad for people who wants to know the correct answer.

Hahhaa!!
an element of surprise is "sometimes" good dude!
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by joseph32 » Sun May 15, 2016 10:39 pm
In my opinion C is the most logical one
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