“If the forest continues to disappear at its present pace, the koala will approach extinction,” said the biologist.
“So all that is needed to save the koala is to stop deforestation,” said the politician.
Which one of the following statements is consistent with the biologist’s claim but not with the politician’s claim?
(A) Deforestation continues and the koala becomes extinct.
(B) Deforestation is stopped and the koala becomes extinct.
(C) Reforestation begins and the koala survives.
(D) Deforestation is slowed and the koala survives.
(E) Deforestation is slowed and the koala approaches extinction.
Biologist and Politician
This topic has expert replies
-
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 208
- Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:32 am
- Location: Mumbai
- Thanked: 2 times
-
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 708
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:59 am
- Location: USA
- Thanked: 13 times
- Followed by:1 members
D? B came pretty close too.
Notice that the biologist hints at reducing the current pace whereas the politico says to stop the process altogether. that distinction made me choose D over B.
Notice that the biologist hints at reducing the current pace whereas the politico says to stop the process altogether. that distinction made me choose D over B.
- riteshbindal
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 393
- Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:18 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Thanked: 8 times
-
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 1161
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2008 2:52 am
- Location: Sydney
- Thanked: 23 times
- Followed by:1 members
-
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 208
- Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:32 am
- Location: Mumbai
- Thanked: 2 times
-
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 379
- Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:05 am
- Thanked: 19 times
- Followed by:1 members
- GMAT Score:690
IMO B, because:
Bilogist says:
“If the forest continues to disappear at its present pace, the koala will approach extinction,”, which implies that Deforstation should be stopped.
Politician says:
“So all that is needed to save the koala is to stop deforestation,”, which implies if Deforstation is stopped, Koala will be saved.
Option B is consistent with what Biologist says, which is to stop Deforstation and is not consistent with what Politician expects, which is inspite of Deforstation being stopped, Koala becomes extinct.
Bilogist says:
“If the forest continues to disappear at its present pace, the koala will approach extinction,”, which implies that Deforstation should be stopped.
Politician says:
“So all that is needed to save the koala is to stop deforestation,”, which implies if Deforstation is stopped, Koala will be saved.
Option B is consistent with what Biologist says, which is to stop Deforstation and is not consistent with what Politician expects, which is inspite of Deforstation being stopped, Koala becomes extinct.
- riteshbindal
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 393
- Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:18 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Thanked: 8 times
How can B be inline with what biologist is saying?sreak1089 wrote:IMO B, because:
Bilogist says:
“If the forest continues to disappear at its present pace, the koala will approach extinction,”, which implies that Deforstation should be stopped.
Politician says:
“So all that is needed to save the koala is to stop deforestation,”, which implies if Deforstation is stopped, Koala will be saved.
Option B is consistent with what Biologist says, which is to stop Deforstation and is not consistent with what Politician expects, which is inspite of Deforstation being stopped, Koala becomes extinct.
B says that
"(B) Deforestation is stopped and the koala becomes extinct."
Biologist is saying:
“If the forest continues to disappear at its present pace, the koala will approach extinction,”
which means that if deforestation is not stopped, Koala will extinct.
So how can both the statements true at the same time???
-
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 160
- Joined: Sun May 03, 2009 1:17 am
- Location: Rourkela/Hyderabad
- Thanked: 4 times
- Followed by:1 members
Deforestation continues and koala approach extinction : Biologist
Stop deforestation and that is all needed and koala survives: Politician
The nearest is the option B.
It says "Deforestation is stopped and the koala becomes extinct. " Deforestation is stopped and if koala survive, it would be in accordance with the politician.
It is thus in line with both the approaching extinction and deforestation not being the only cause.
Option D is also inline with politician's view apart from being supportive of the biologist.
Stop deforestation and that is all needed and koala survives: Politician
The nearest is the option B.
It says "Deforestation is stopped and the koala becomes extinct. " Deforestation is stopped and if koala survive, it would be in accordance with the politician.
It is thus in line with both the approaching extinction and deforestation not being the only cause.
Option D is also inline with politician's view apart from being supportive of the biologist.
Sandy