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by thephoenix » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:09 am
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by sumanr84 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:33 am
No options besides C gives a reason to justify for a drop in reclamation cost for a surface coal mine.

I am little skeptic though since C mentions only about mountainous areas of Balzania BUT what about other regions, how much of Balzania region is mountainous area and how much is normal land is not given in the question.

Anyway, go with C
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by paddle_sweep » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:52 am
I will go with 'D'. Pls post OA.
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by deepshi291 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:03 pm
thephoenix wrote:help me with this one
D - only because I've eliminated the other choices.

A - is irrelevant
B - out of scope
C - talks only about mountainous areas of Balzania
E - does nothing to teh argument, not relevant


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by dream700 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:16 pm
to be frank, I was completely stumped after reading the qn once....

so i decided to jst reread the stem once and do POE...

[spoiler]IMO it's B[/spoiler]

what is the OA?
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by dream700 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:41 pm
i think it;s C now...

it clearly states that miners stopped mining in mount. region whr reclaimati costs are high
that explains the decrease in avg recl cost...

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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:08 am
Pheonix bhai..

Go ahead and pick B!!

Clue : Pricing is based on the amount of Coal mined

when the coal itself is less used, naturally the price will also be less!!

what say??
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:43 am
IMO C

Average cost is calculated by taking into account all mineral extraction areas, so if an expensive one is taken out from the total, the average should decrease.

What is OA?
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:36 am
https://www.beatthegmat.com/reclaimation ... ton-16-647

uff I haven't changed my ways!!I opted B then..and now also...I feel bad
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