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by pankajks2010 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:18 am
Department Official: Vehicles weighing more than 10,000 kg are not allowed on Baker Bridge. Vehicles carrying hazardous materials are also prohibited from using Baker Bridge on weekends. Thus, a 15,000 kg tanker truck carrying nitro-classified as a hazardous material-will not be allowed to cross Baker Bridge next Saturday.

The pattern of reasoning displayed in the argument above is most closely paralleled by that in which of the following arguments?
a) Cars manufactured after 2003 must meet the new state emission standards. Since Dave's car was manufactured in 2005, it must meet the new state emission standards.

b) Applicants for a security position must be U.S. citizens with no felony convictions. Ben is not a U.S. citizen and has been convicted of a felony, so he is not eligible for the security position.

c) Students at Springfield High may not bring medication to school unless they have a prescription from a doctor or permission from the principal. Enrique has neither a prescription nor the principal's permission, so he may not bring his medication to school.

d) Maxie movie patrons attending afternoon matinees or who are over age 65 are entitled to a discount. Harvey is 71 so he is entitled to the discount for Maxie's afternoon matinee movie.

e) An apartment complex prohibits all pets except fish. Lisa owns three fish and a cat, so she cannot move into the apartment complex.

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by abhishek.pati » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:39 am
IMO B.....Whats the OA.

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by dubinsky » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:21 am

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by pankajks2010 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:09 am
I too marked B, however, OA is D.

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by abhishek.pati » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:49 am
Experts can you please explain why D....sounds a bit complicated.

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by ranjithreddy.k9 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:10 pm
tight call between B and D..well even A looks good..would be great if someone could explain OA..

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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:18 pm
I'm not SUPER comfortable with this question, as B and D are too close for comfort. Both of them follow the same pattern as the argument: Two conditions are specified for something to happen, followed by a specific example of someone who meets both criteria, and thus that something will happen to him. The only real difference I see is that D follows specifically the pattern of one of the conditions applicable only at a certain time (afternoon matinee in D, weekend hazardous materials in the original argument), whereas in B both conditions are independent of time. Thus D might be deemed slightly closer to the original argument's logic. Meh.
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by pankajks2010 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:28 pm
@Geva: and that's exactly how they have reasoned in the OA (by focusing on the specific timing of the event)...Thanks!!