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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:40 am
Samuel is obviously a bad fisherman. During the past season, in which he and the five members of his team spent four months on a boat together off Dutch Harbor, AK, he caught fewer fish than any of his teammates.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument above?
A) Two seasons ago, Samuel fished on another boat off Dutch Harbor and caught more fish than any other member of that boat.
B) Before becoming a fisherman, Samuel piloted a fishing boat whose members regularly caught record numbers of fish.
C) While fishing this past season, Samuel fell sick for a week and did not catch any fish during this time.
D) Unlike the other fishermen on his boat, at the order of the captain, Samuel fished this past season with experimental bait.
E) Amongst the fishing community in Dutch Harbor, Samuel has a reputation for being an especially bad fisherman.

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by thephoenix » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:50 am
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by liferocks » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:01 am
+1 for D
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by gmat.cracker24 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:04 am
IMO (D)
A: Two seasons ago.. is irrelevant
B:Before becoming fisher man...irrelevant
C:though weakens but not that stronglt as he was sick for one only...
D:it does weakens
E:it kind of strengthens ..

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:43 am
oa is d only
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by deepesh.gupta » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:41 am
not clear to me why D and not C is the right answer. Becuase if we say that Samuel was sick for only a week which is not signigicant then in choice D we can argue if he was not getting good catch then why he and the captian continue using the wrong bait for four months. Can somebody explain?
gmat.cracker24 wrote:IMO (D)
A: Two seasons ago.. is irrelevant
B:Before becoming fisher man...irrelevant
C:though weakens but not that stronglt as he was sick for one only...
D:it does weakens
E:it kind of strengthens ..

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by Shawshank » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:54 am
deepesh.gupta wrote:not clear to me why D and not C is the right answer. Becuase if we say that Samuel was sick for only a week which is not signigicant then in choice D we can argue if he was not getting good catch then why he and the captian continue using the wrong bait for four months. Can somebody explain?
gmat.cracker24 wrote:IMO (D)
A: Two seasons ago.. is irrelevant
B:Before becoming fisher man...irrelevant
C:though weakens but not that stronglt as he was sick for one only...
D:it does weakens
E:it kind of strengthens ..

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Though C and D both Weaken the argument.
C does not have any point to show tht the other fisherman were not tht good as compared to Samuel.
D gives a reason for Samuals poor fishing while also states why the otehrs were able to fish better.
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by ironstar37 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:23 pm
IMO (D) weakens the argument the most.

(C) does as well, but only for 1 week.
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by pops » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:36 am
I really liked this question a lot... there are 2 choices which weakens.. one less and the other more !
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by kevincanspain » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:18 am
deepesh.gupta wrote:not clear to me why D and not C is the right answer. Becuase if we say that Samuel was sick for only a week which is not signigicant then in choice D we can argue if he was not getting good catch then why he and the captian continue using the wrong bait for four months. Can somebody explain?
gmat.cracker24 wrote:IMO (D)
A: Two seasons ago.. is irrelevant
B:Before becoming fisher man...irrelevant
C:though weakens but not that stronglt as he was sick for one only...
D:it does weakens
E:it kind of strengthens ..

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Criticize the capitan if you must, but D states that Sam fished this past season with experimental bait. The trouble with is that you are assuming that the others were not sick for at least one week
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