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by phelps » Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:57 am
Below is an excerpt from a letter that was sent by the chairman of a corporation to the stockholders.
A number of charges have been raised against me, some serious, some trivial. Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation. Remember that no court of law in any state has found me guilty of any criminal offense whatsoever. In the American tradition, as you know, an individual is considered innocent until proven guilty. Furthermore, as the corporation’s unbroken six-year record of growth will show, my conduct of my official duties as chairman has only helped enhance the success of the corporation, and so benefited every stockholder.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the excerpt?
(A) The chairman believes that all those who have demanded his resignation are motivated by desire to control the corporation for their own purposes.
(B) Any misdeeds that the chairman may have committed were motivated by his desire to enhance the success of the corporation.
(C) The chairman is innocent of any criminal offense.
(D) The corporation has expanded steadily over the past six years.
(E) Any legal proceedings against the chairman have resulted in his acquittal.

Answer D
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Re: chairman

by vinaynp » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:38 am
phelps wrote:Below is an excerpt from a letter that was sent by the chairman of a corporation to the stockholders.
A number of charges have been raised against me, some serious, some trivial. Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation. Remember that no court of law in any state has found me guilty of any criminal offense whatsoever. In the American tradition, as you know, an individual is considered innocent until proven guilty. Furthermore, as the corporation’s unbroken six-year record of growth will show, my conduct of my official duties as chairman has only helped enhance the success of the corporation, and so benefited every stockholder.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the excerpt?
(A) The chairman believes that all those who have demanded his resignation are motivated by desire to control the corporation for their own purposes.
(B) Any misdeeds that the chairman may have committed were motivated by his desire to enhance the success of the corporation.
(C) The chairman is innocent of any criminal offense.
(D) The corporation has expanded steadily over the past six years.
(E) Any legal proceedings against the chairman have resulted in his acquittal.

Answer D
Inference is something that is not given directly in the passage:

A) It is stated in the passage. Hence, wrong.
B) We cannot infer it.
C) We cannot infer it.
E) We cannot infer it.

D) Furthermore, as the corporation’s unbroken six-year record of growth will show, my conduct of my official duties as chairman has only helped enhance the success of the corporation, and so benefited every stockholder.

IMO D)
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by schumi_gmat » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:06 am
IMO A

This is inference question and the answer is either stated in the passage or paraphrase of the statement in the passage.

D is wrong because nowhere in the passage it is mentioned the organization growth was steady.
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by vinaynp » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:10 am
schumi_gmat wrote:IMO A

This is inference question and the answer is either stated in the passage or paraphrase of the statement in the passage.

D is wrong because nowhere in the passage it is mentioned the organization growth was steady.
unbroken six year record growth implies steady growth.
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by schumi_gmat » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:52 am
But A is directly stated in the passage.

What is the source?
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by awesomeusername » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:57 am
A is NOT stated in the stimulus.
Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation
is not the same as
The chairman believes that all those who have demanded his resignation are motivated by desire to control the corporation for their own purposes.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
-Lucretius
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by Kenen750 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:48 pm
My answer is A. der is no implication of a steady growth over 6 years.. So "D" is wrong...
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Re: chairman

by Vemuri » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:14 pm
A tricky CR indeed. Here are some posts from the past:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/general-stra ... tml#120471

https://www.beatthegmat.com/chairman-t28908.html#118431

The above posts should rest the arguements to bed. D is indeed the right answer. For all those who chose A as their answer, GMAC has achieved its goal :-)
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by khanshainur » Sun May 15, 2016 10:29 pm
I believe the correct answer should be A
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