1000 CR Test 3 Q 8

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1000 CR Test 3 Q 8

by [email protected] » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:14 am
By analyzing the garbage of a large number of average-sized households, a group of modern urban anthropologists has found that a household discards less food the more standardized—made up of canned and prepackaged foods—its diet is. The more standardized a household’s diet is, however, the greater the quantities of fresh produce the household throws away.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?
(A) An increasing number of households rely on a highly standardized diet.
(B) The less standardized a household’s diet is, the more nonfood waste the household discards.
(C) The less standardized a household’s diet is, the smaller is the proportion of fresh produce in the household’s food waste.
(D) The less standardized a household’s diet is, the more canned and prepackaged foods the household discards as waste.
(E) The more fresh produce a household buys, the more fresh produce it throws away.
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by kajcha » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:14 pm
Should be C

Q says more stnd diet more fresh produce is wasted.

C says less stnd diet lesser is the proportion of fresh produce waste

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by [email protected] » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:48 pm
yes that was a pretty easy CR
did not read the answers properly :)

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by oks » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:39 pm
What about D?

The less standardized diet is, the more canned foods the household discards.

The passages states: a household discards less food (made up of canned foods) if the diet is more standardized. Doesn't this mean that if the diet is less standardized, more canned foods are discarded?

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by banker1 » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:03 pm
oks wrote:What about D?

The less standardized diet is, the more canned foods the household discards.

The passages states: a household discards less food (made up of canned foods) if the diet is more standardized. Doesn't this mean that if the diet is less standardized, more canned foods are discarded?

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I think D was thrown in to confuse the reader. The link is between canned food (standardized food) and produce. You're assuming a non-standardized (non-canned food) diet still contains canned foods which is not the case given.

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by NSNguyen » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:25 am
iMO: C
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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 2:12 am
Cannot decide between C and D. Can anyone brake down these two choices for me please