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by anju » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:11 am
Is it C?

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by California4jx » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:39 am
Yes, OA: C

how come ?

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by anju » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:03 am
California4jx wrote:Yes, OA: C

how come ?
Since the stem is abt most strongly supported category, the ans has to be from the stimulus.

Let's look at the options:
A - stimulus does not mention anything about poisoning other than arsenic poisoning - OUT OF SCOPE
B - stimulus does not mention abt how Taylor's death happened - OUT
D - No mention in teh stimulus that the sympton grew severe each day - OUT
E - Opposite of what is mentioned in the stimulus. AS per the stimulus, atrsenic posion victim lives for more than a day after ingesting a lethal dose of poison
C - AS per stimulus, Taylor's symptons are consistent with arsenic poisioning but the levels of arsenic that remain in the bones are much lower than in victims with arsenic poisoning - which means that the symptons although consistent with as that of arsenic poisoning were not caused by lethal dose of arseni.

I hope this helps!

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by James_83 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:48 pm
Ohh...great explaination Anju... :D

Before, i opted for E.....I think i have misread the question....

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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 2:29 am
I believe the answer should be C