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by mundasingh123 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:18 am
Height requirements on roller coasters can help riders avoid injuries . The steeper the roller coaster the more likely an injury will occur , so the restrictions are more important on these rides . Consequently the only roller coaster rides that have height requirements are those with inclines of more than 35 degrees.
which of the following conclusions could be most properly drawn from the information given above ?
A)On some roller coaster rides people taller than the height requirement are as likely to be injured as people shorter than the height requirement .
B)On roller coaster rides with inclines greater than 35 degrees , steepness is the primary factor in the severity of injuries
C)The number of injuries on roller coaster rides with inclines less than 35 degrees is greater than that on rides with height requirements
D)It is likely that fewer injuries occur on rides with very steep inclines than on those with inclines less than 35 degrees
E)Height requirements will likely prevent more injuries on rides with inclines greater than 35 degrees than on those with inclines less than 35 degrees

OA E
In E even if height requirements were able to prevent 5 injuries on inclines greater than 35 degrees and only 2 injuries on inclines than 35 degrees , it would be still worth imposing height requirements on inclines less than 35 degrees.
I dont agree with OA . At the same time i am hungry for an explanation .
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by GmatKiss » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:45 am
IMO: E

The steeper the roller coaster the more likely an injury will occur , so the restrictions are more important on these rides. Consequently the only roller coaster rides that have height requirements are those with inclines of more than 35 degrees. - supports Only E

Height requirements accounts only over 35 degrees, not below 35 degrees.

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by mundasingh123 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:54 am
Height requirements accounts only over 35 degrees, not below 35 degrees.
is diff. from
E)Height requirements will likely prevent more injuries on rides with inclines greater than 35 degrees than on those with inclines less than 35 degrees
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by knight247 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:39 pm
Ok Munda,
See it this way. Lets try eliminating the others

Since, this is a conclusion question the stimulus is considered correct and the answer choices are under suspicion. No new information in the answer choices(that isn't there in the stimulus)is allowed.

(A)This statistic is new information which is not mentioned in the stimulus. Not Allowed as per what i've written above.
(B)Makes a very strong assertion. Besides, this is also new information. Now Allowed.
(C)This statistic is also new information. Not Allowed.
(D)The stimulus says the exact opposite.
That only leaves E
In E even if height requirements were able to prevent 5 injuries on inclines greater than 35 degrees and only 2 injuries on inclines than 35 degrees , it would be still worth imposing height requirements on inclines less than 35 degrees.
I dont agree with OA . At the same time i am hungry for an explanation .
When u say the above....It may make sense but that is not the purpose of the question. We are not asked to analyse whether Height Requirements are more effective on rides greater/lesser than inclines of 35. Our job is ONLY to figure out the authors Main Point/Conclusion. And even without elimination, I feel E does a very good job in paraphrasing the main point of the stimulus.

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by David@VeritasPrep » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:42 pm
Mundasingh -

You really have to look at the information that you are given in the stimulus as the ONLY information for an inference/ conclusion question. You cannot use additional information when looking at the stimulus and you need an answer choice that also does not provide new information.

knight247 said it (slight typo so I will edit)"New information in the answer choices is NOT allowed"

Here is why E works. If the reason for height requirements is to prevent injuries and if the steeper the coaster, the more likely an injury and IF (as we are told) the only rides likely to have height requirements are those over 35 degrees incline, then It has to be the case that these are the rides that are most likely to have fewer injuries with the height requirements.
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