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Candy contains cofffeine.

by amysky_0205 » Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:15 pm
Consumer Health Advocate: Your candy company adds caffeine to your chocolate candy bars so that each one deliver s a specific amount of caffeine Since Caffeine is highly addictive this indicates that you intended to keep your customers addicted

Candy Manufacturer: Our manufacturing process results in there being less caffeine in each candy bar than unprocessed cocoa beans from which chocolate is made.

Candy Manufacturer's response is flawed as refutation of consumer health advocate's argument because it is-----

A) Fails to address the issue of whether the level of caffeine in the candy bars sold by the manufacturer is enough to keep the people addicted

B) Assumes without warrant that all unprocessed cocoa beans contain a uniform amount of caffeine.

C) Does not specify exactly how caffeine is lost in the manufacturing process

D) Treats the advocate's argument as though it were about a single candy bar instead of the whole the chocolates in general.

E) Merely contradicts the advocate's conclusion without giving any reason to believe that advocate reasoning is unsound

OA: A

can someone explain the rest? I crossed out A and D.......
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:01 am
amysky_0205 wrote:Consumer Health Advocate: Your candy company adds caffeine to your chocolate candy bars so that each one deliver s a specific amount of caffeine Since Caffeine is highly addictive this indicates that you intended to keep your customers addicted

Candy Manufacturer: Our manufacturing process results in there being less caffeine in each candy bar than unprocessed cocoa beans from which chocolate is made.

Candy Manufacturer's response is flawed as refutation of consumer health advocate's argument because it is-----

A) Fails to address the issue of whether the level of caffeine in the candy bars sold by the manufacturer is enough to keep the people addicted

B) Assumes without warrant that all unprocessed cocoa beans contain a uniform amount of caffeine.

C) Does not specify exactly how caffeine is lost in the manufacturing process

D) Treats the advocate's argument as though it were about a single candy bar instead of the whole the chocolates in general.

E) Merely contradicts the advocate's conclusion without giving any reason to believe that advocate reasoning is unsound

OA: A

can someone explain the rest? I crossed out A and D.......
tks a lot!
The advocate's PREMISE is about the AMOUNT of caffeine: each candy bar delivers a SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
The advocate's CONCLUSION is about the PURPOSE of the caffeine: to KEEP CUSTOMERS ADDICTED.

Manufacturer: Our manufacturing process results in there being less caffeine in each candy bar than unprocessed cocoa beans from which chocolate is made.
This response is flawed because it addresses the advocate's premise (the AMOUNT of caffeine) but not the advocate's conclusion (the PURPOSE of the caffeine).

Answer choice A describes this flaw:
[The manufacturer] fails to address the issue of whether the level of caffeine in the candy bars sold by the manufacturer is enough to keep the people addicted.

The correct answer is A.
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by amysky_0205 » Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:56 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
amysky_0205 wrote:Consumer Health Advocate: Your candy company adds caffeine to your chocolate candy bars so that each one deliver s a specific amount of caffeine Since Caffeine is highly addictive this indicates that you intended to keep your customers addicted

Candy Manufacturer: Our manufacturing process results in there being less caffeine in each candy bar than unprocessed cocoa beans from which chocolate is made.

Candy Manufacturer's response is flawed as refutation of consumer health advocate's argument because it is-----

A) Fails to address the issue of whether the level of caffeine in the candy bars sold by the manufacturer is enough to keep the people addicted

B) Assumes without warrant that all unprocessed cocoa beans contain a uniform amount of caffeine.

C) Does not specify exactly how caffeine is lost in the manufacturing process

D) Treats the advocate's argument as though it were about a single candy bar instead of the whole the chocolates in general.

E) Merely contradicts the advocate's conclusion without giving any reason to believe that advocate reasoning is unsound

OA: A

can someone explain the rest? I crossed out A and D.......
tks a lot!
The advocate's PREMISE is about the AMOUNT of caffeine: each candy bar delivers a SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
The advocate's CONCLUSION is about the PURPOSE of the caffeine: to KEEP CUSTOMERS ADDICTED.

Manufacturer: Our manufacturing process results in there being less caffeine in each candy bar than unprocessed cocoa beans from which chocolate is made.
This response is flawed because it addresses the advocate's premise (the AMOUNT of caffeine) but not the advocate's conclusion (the PURPOSE of the caffeine).

Answer choice A describes this flaw:
[The manufacturer] fails to address the issue of whether the level of caffeine in the candy bars sold by the manufacturer is enough to keep the people addicted.

The correct answer is A.

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I would like to know what's wrong with option B.
Is it because it doesn't mention whether it will make people addicted??

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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:35 am
amysky_0205 wrote:I would like to know what's wrong with option B.
Is it because it doesn't mention whether it will make people addicted??

thank u so much (:
B: The manufacturer's response is flawed because it assumes without warrant that all unprocessed cacao beans contain a uniform amount of caffeine.

The manufacturer states as as PREMISE -- as a FACT -- that there is less caffeine in each chocolate candy bar than in the unprocessed cacao beans from which the chocolate is made.
A fact cannot be a FLAW.
The flaw lies in how this fact is USED to support or weaken the conclusion.
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by tanviet » Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:51 am
thank you HUnt, though I get this question right, I do not know what I do after reading the argument and before reaing the answer choices.

experts, pls, tell me what do you do after you read the argument and before you read the answer choices.

Thank you .
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