Two strong contenders. Which one will win ?

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Two strong contenders. Which one will win ?

by bblast » Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:14 am
A new weight-loss drug causes the loss of body fat in all patients who take the drug. In those same subjects, however, the drug also causes the loss of moderate quantities of lean body mass, where "lean body mass" refers to all body mass other than body fat.

Which of the following statements can be properly inferred from the information in the passage above?

Patients taking the new weight-loss drug will not necessarily experience a decrease in their overall percentage of body fat.

The body weight of patients taking the new weight-loss drug will not necessarily decrease.

The new weight-loss drug contains no chemical that exclusively targets the body's fat cells.

Users of the new weight-loss drug should exercise in order to maintain their current levels of lean body mass.

The new drug catalyzes the loss of body fat and the loss of lean body mass via similar mechanisms

[spoiler]OA A

how do we negate C ?? The stat says that lean body mass is lost by the drug so the drug is not necessarily targeting only fat cells.. and attacking muscle tissues too ? A also fits the answer but C fits well too. Do I take this as a poorly constructed question ?
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by prachich1987 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:13 am
According to stimulus,
1) A new weight-loss drug causes the loss of body fat in all patients who take the drug.
2) the drug also causes the loss of moderate quantities of lean body mass,

from statement 2) we can say that the drug causes loss of fat & loss of lean body mass also.That's why they are using "also"
why is A true then.

According to me C is a stronger contender that A.

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by bblast » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:58 am
yea, i gave in a solid performance in my mgmat cat-5 in Q section section today, but questions like these in the verbal section stupmed me a little.

just 2 weeks to go, cant afford low scoring cat's now, :(
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by fitzgerald23 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:16 am
1. All patients on a drug lose body fat
2. All patients also lose other body mass besides fat

A. Correct. Imagine that you weigh 100 pounds and you are 50 pounds of fat and 50 pounds of lean body mass. The drug causes you to lose 10 pounds of fat and 10 pounds of lean body mass. Your weight is now 80 pounds, but your percentage of body fat will remain the same (40 pound fat, 40 pounds mass). This doesnt have to be true in all cases for this to be the right answer. The choice states "will not necessarily experience a decrease" meaning that its strictly a possibility. If people lose fat and other mass it clearly is a possibility that the body fat percentage remains the same.

B. Incorrect. All people lose weight according to the author.

C. Incorrect. We do not know the composition of the drug. Perhaps the drug consists of something that does exclusively target fat cells and there is just simply some type of synergistic reaction within the body that causes it to also target other mass. Or perhaps the drug has two parts two it-- one chemical that targets fat exclusively and another that targets both fat and other mass.

D. Incorrect. This has nothing to do with the results from the drug.

E. Incorrect. Just like choice C we know nothing of the composition of the drug or how it works. There is never any indication in the passage about how the drug works. It is just concerned with results of the drug.

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by mundasingh123 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:23 am
Hi bblast , just read u tried to negate something.Negation is employed in Assumption Questions whereas this is an Inference Question and any out side Info has to be eliminated

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by bblast » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:33 am
mundasingh123 wrote:Hi bblast , just read u tried to negate something.Negation is employed in Assumption Questions whereas this is an Inference Question and any out side Info has to be eliminated
My negate was a non technical term

i meant reject :D
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