Good cooks!

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Good cooks!

by usualsuspect » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:30 am
Some good cooks are gourmet cooks who pride themselves on always using extravagantly rich ingredients in elaborate recipes.
Some good cooks can be characterized as fast-food cooks. They may use rich ingredients as long as the recipes are easy to follow and take little time. Other good cooks are health food enthusiasts, who are concerned primarily with the nutritional value of food. But even though not all good cooks are big eaters, they all enjoy preparing and serving food.

If the information in the passage is true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

(A) Most good cooks do not use extravagantly rich ingredients.
(B) Everyone who enjoys preparing and serving food is a good cook.
(C) More good cooks who use extravagantly rich ingredients are big eaters than are good cooks who do not use such ingredients.
(D) There are fewer good cooks who enjoy serving and preparing food than there are good cooks who are big eaters.
(E) Gourmet cooks, fast-food cooks, and cooks who are health food enthusiasts are all big eaters.

OA is D

I have always had problem with IF A then B ---> if not B then not A kind of problems.. can someone explain?
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by quocbao » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:23 am
Well, you will have to remember facts in the question. Only choice D raises conflict
But even though not all good cooks are big eaters, they all enjoy preparing and serving food.
=> good cooks who like preparing & serving food > big eaters
There are fewer good cooks who enjoy serving and preparing food than there are good cooks who are big eaters.
=> good cooks who like preparing & serving food < big eaters => conflict

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by dgr8onerip » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:03 am
imo-d
ecause it clearly negates the premise
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by bmlaud » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:57 am
The argument says

But even though not all ( say 90 cooks) good cooks are big eaters, they all ( 100 cooks) enjoy preparing and serving food.

Option D says: There are fewer good cooks who enjoy serving and preparing food ( = 100) than there are good cooks who are big eaters(= 90). ---> 100< 90 False

D Cannot be true
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by delhiboy1979 » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:08 am
How is B true? Can someone please explain.

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by vanessa.m » Sat May 14, 2016 2:34 am
I think that it's B