Twleve and Five

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Twleve and Five

by GmatKiss » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:36 am
Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the Darfir Republic's currency, the pundra, was weak: its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and Darfir's exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.

Which of the following, if true, provides the government with the strongest grounds to doubt that the politicians' recommendation, if followed, will achieve its aim?

A) Several of the politicians now recommending that the pundra be allowed to become weak made that same recommendation before each of the last two periods of currency weakness.

B) After several decades of operating well below peak capacity, Darfir's manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels.

C) The economy of a country experiencing a rise in exports will become healthier only if the country's currency is strong or the rise in exports is significant.

D) Those countries whose manufactured products compete with Darfir's on the world market all currently have stable currencies.

E) A sharp improvement in the efficiency of Darfir's manufacturing plants would make Darfir's products a bargain on world markets even without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.

IMO: B
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by killer1387 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:12 am
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by rashedais » Wed Nov 21, 2018 8:56 am
GmatKiss wrote:Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the Darfir Republic's currency, the pundra, was weak: its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and Darfir's exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.

Which of the following, if true, provides the government with the strongest grounds to doubt that the politicians' recommendation, if followed, will achieve its aim?

A) Several of the politicians now recommending that the pundra be allowed to become weak made that same recommendation before each of the last two periods of currency weakness.

B) After several decades of operating well below peak capacity, Darfir's manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels.

C) The economy of a country experiencing a rise in exports will become healthier only if the country's currency is strong or the rise in exports is significant.

D) Those countries whose manufactured products compete with Darfir's on the world market all currently have stable currencies.

E) A sharp improvement in the efficiency of Darfir's manufacturing plants would make Darfir's products a bargain on world markets even without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.

IMO: B
let's say you've lost weight a few times in the past by exercising, and so i say that you should exercise again (X) if you want to lose weight again (the desired effect). but now let's say you have a magic pill (Y) that will cause weight loss.
clearly this doesn't mean that exercise should no longer be considered as an option; in fact, it doesn't affect the consideration of exercise at all. it is totally irrelevant.

back to the pundra:
the argument in this problem is concerned only with whether weakening the pundra will have a certain effect. it doesn't matter if you can put forward other ways to achieve the same effect, for the same reason the magic pill has no bearing on the question of whether exercising will cause weight loss.