New York is going through a recession, and within a month, all local domestically- owned water plants in the town are expected to go out of business permanently due to competition with Enron, a large domestically-owned water plant that opened in a nearby town last year. However, these water plants will surely re-open shortly after they close; since the foreign-owned water plant Grand Hugo came to New York last year, every water plant that has closed temporarily due to competition with Grand Hugo has re- opened, usually with the same ownership, within a couple days.
Which of the following, if true, is most likely to undermine the conclusion of this argument?
A) Several major clients of Grand Hugo have recently switched to Enron due to trade laws that give tax breaks to clients of domestic heavy industry.
B) Many water plants in New York create galvanized water that is clear, a popular variety of water that is not sold by either Grand Hugo or Enron.
C) New York has more water plants operational today than it has ever had in the past.
D) Over the next month, New York is planning to create several large municipal projects, including two suspension bridges and a new football stadium, which will require large amounts of water.
E) The vast majority of the water plants that have closed because of competition with Grand Hugo and then re-opened are domestically-owned.
OA: E
Will ask my doubts after some discussion.
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IMO: Erjain84 wrote:New York is going through a recession, and within a month, all local domestically- owned water plants in the town are expected to go out of business permanently due to competition with Enron, a large domestically-owned water plant that opened in a nearby town last year. However, these water plants will surely re-open shortly after they close; since the foreign-owned water plant Grand Hugo came to New York last year, every water plant that has closed temporarily due to competition with Grand Hugo has re- opened, usually with the same ownership, within a couple days.
Which of the following, if true, is most likely to undermine the conclusion of this argument?
A) Several major clients of Grand Hugo have recently switched to Enron due to trade laws that give tax breaks to clients of domestic heavy industry.
B) Many water plants in New York create galvanized water that is clear, a popular variety of water that is not sold by either Grand Hugo or Enron.
C) New York has more water plants operational today than it has ever had in the past.
D) Over the next month, New York is planning to create several large municipal projects, including two suspension bridges and a new football stadium, which will require large amounts of water.
E) The vast majority of the water plants that have closed because of competition with Grand Hugo and then re-opened are domestically-owned.
OA: E
Will ask my doubts after some discussion.
A) Several major clients of Grand Hugo have recently switched to Enron due to trade laws that give tax breaks to clients of domestic heavy industry.
-> clients of grand hugo shifted to enron? so..? out of scope.
B) Many water plants in New York create galvanized water that is clear, a popular variety of water that is not sold by either Grand Hugo or Enron.
-> many water plants sell clear water, but it is not mentioned that people distinguish water by clarity.
C) New York has more water plants operational today than it has ever had in the past.
-> more water plants are operational.. so what they all can close.
D) Over the next month, New York is planning to create several large municipal projects, including two suspension bridges and a new football stadium, which will require large amounts of water.
-> it is not mentioned that enron can not supply large amount of water.
E) The vast majority of the water plants that have closed because of competition with Grand Hugo and then re-opened are domestically-owned.
-> no reason to ignore this option, i think one reason can be foreign owned and domestically-owned.
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my pick is E . in fact this CR is completely based on one GMAT prep CR that talks of discount and non discount stores in US .
in this CR option E is basically bringing forth that the comparison that the argument is trying to draw cannot be drawn as it not the same leveled field
something that happened with HUGO ,a foreign based plant ,cannot be a parameter to judge if same thing will happen with ENRON ,a domestic plant .
this fact is very true even in real life situation
in this CR option E is basically bringing forth that the comparison that the argument is trying to draw cannot be drawn as it not the same leveled field
something that happened with HUGO ,a foreign based plant ,cannot be a parameter to judge if same thing will happen with ENRON ,a domestic plant .
this fact is very true even in real life situation
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What is the conclusion here? That all the domestically-owned water plants that close down due to competition with Enron (also domestically owned) will reopen in a few days.
This conclusion is drawn based on a previous incident - last year, every water plant that closed down when the Grand Hugo (foreign-owned) came to town, reopened within a few days.
How do we undermine this conclusion? By proving that it has been drawn based on an improper example.
Option E does exactly this - it points out that the previous incident mentioned was about domestic water plants closing down and reopening in response to the arrival of a foreign plant, whereas the case at hand involves only domestic plants.
This conclusion is drawn based on a previous incident - last year, every water plant that closed down when the Grand Hugo (foreign-owned) came to town, reopened within a few days.
How do we undermine this conclusion? By proving that it has been drawn based on an improper example.
Option E does exactly this - it points out that the previous incident mentioned was about domestic water plants closing down and reopening in response to the arrival of a foreign plant, whereas the case at hand involves only domestic plants.
Conclusion of the stimulus is:
"these water plants (all local domestically- owned water plants in the town that will go out of business permanently due to competition with Enron) will surely re-open shortly after they close"
Option E : The vast majority of the water plants that have closed because of competition with Grand Hugo and then re-opened are domestically-owned.
This answer choice is either supporting or have no effect on the conclusion but clearly not undermining it.
Can anyone please provide a solid reasoning in support of this answer choice?
"these water plants (all local domestically- owned water plants in the town that will go out of business permanently due to competition with Enron) will surely re-open shortly after they close"
Option E : The vast majority of the water plants that have closed because of competition with Grand Hugo and then re-opened are domestically-owned.
This answer choice is either supporting or have no effect on the conclusion but clearly not undermining it.
Can anyone please provide a solid reasoning in support of this answer choice?
