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A Company genetically engineers flowers

by patanjali.purpose » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:32 am
A Company genetically engineers flowers which are then sent to retailers in locations around the world. By splicing a rose with a species of onion they managed to create a flower that looks like the classic, and still very popular, red rose, but that takes much longer to wilt. A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers. Clearly, sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

Which of the following is an assumption underlying the conclusion?
A) The genes which were spliced into the rose are not also responsible for the onion's tearing effect.
B) Consumers are interested in a flower that will last longer.
C) Plastic flowers have not affected the import and export of natural flowers.
D) Although extremely popular, the original rose was not the highest selling flower species of all.
E) A longer expiration period will allow importers more time for delivery of the Daisygen roses.

Pls explain your pick.
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by anandhimanshu85 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:23 am
IMO --> A
patanjali.purpose wrote:A Company genetically engineers flowers which are then sent to retailers in locations around the world. By splicing a rose with a species of onion they managed to create a flower that looks like the classic, and still very popular, red rose, but that takes much longer to wilt. A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers. Clearly, sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

Which of the following is an assumption underlying the conclusion?
A) The genes which were spliced into the rose are not also responsible for the onion's tearing effect.OK
B) Consumers are interested in a flower that will last longer.Already Given in the Argument
C) Plastic flowers have not affected the import and export of natural flowers.Comparing the original rose with genetic and not the Plastic ones
D) Although extremely popular, the original rose was not the highest selling flower species of all.Irrelevant
E) A longer expiration period will allow importers more time for delivery of the Daisygen roses.Irrelevant

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by gunjan1208 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:38 pm
patanjali.purpose wrote:A Company genetically engineers flowers which are then sent to retailers in locations around the world. By splicing a rose with a species of onion they managed to create a flower that looks like the classic, and still very popular, red rose, but that takes much longer to wilt. A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers. Clearly, sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

Which of the following is an assumption underlying the conclusion?
A) The genes which were spliced into the rose are not also responsible for the onion's tearing effect. Out of scope
B) Consumers are interested in a flower that will last longer. Clear No......Actually the stimulus does not tell anything about the preference.
C) Plastic flowers have not affected the import and export of natural flowers.: Irrelevent
D) Although extremely popular, the original rose was not the highest selling flower species of all.: No problem. Refer: sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.: Comparision is among the roses only...Sales does not matter here.
E) A longer expiration period will allow importers more time for delivery of the Daisygen roses.: Yes. because the rose will be preferred by the exporters/importers so that delivery period is longer, they will use this flower to replace the one which easily perishes. Since this will be the preference, the availability of re engineered flower will outnumber the original roses.

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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:44 pm
anandhimanshu85 wrote:IMO --> A
patanjali.purpose wrote:A Company genetically engineers flowers which are then sent to retailers in locations around the world. By splicing a rose with a species of onion they managed to create a flower that looks like the classic, and still very popular, red rose, but that takes much longer to wilt. A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers. Clearly, sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

B) Consumers are interested in a flower that will last longer.Already Given in the Argument
Can you elaborate which part of argument suggest that 'consumers are interested...'.

Do you intend to say that "A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to individual consumers implies Consumers are interested"?
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by ColumbiaVC » Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:19 pm
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:17 pm
ColumbiaVC wrote:B
It will be great if you can explain your pick as well.
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by ArunangsuSahu » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:05 pm
Explanation: The Hybrid rose is popular but Still One assumption is needed whether Consumer Likes the Long lasting ones are not. If they don't like the long lasting ones then the reason of hybreeding fells

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by avik.ch » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:50 am
My take is on A.

The stimulus talks about advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers - so giving an evidence of an advantage is not an assumption - B and E is eliminated

A - eliminating the negative effect of onion. The argument assumes that the species of onion do not have any negative effect - it only have a positive effect.

What is the OA ?
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by anandhimanshu85 » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:09 am
Hey Patanjali, yes I am pointing to the same thing.

Can you please tell the OA?
patanjali.purpose wrote:
anandhimanshu85 wrote:IMO --> A
patanjali.purpose wrote:A Company genetically engineers flowers which are then sent to retailers in locations around the world. By splicing a rose with a species of onion they managed to create a flower that looks like the classic, and still very popular, red rose, but that takes much longer to wilt. A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers. Clearly, sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

B) Consumers are interested in a flower that will last longer.Already Given in the Argument
Can you elaborate which part of argument suggest that 'consumers are interested...'.

Do you intend to say that "A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to individual consumers implies Consumers are interested"?
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by patanjali.purpose » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:54 pm
avik.ch wrote:My take is on A.

The stimulus talks about advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers - so giving an evidence of an advantage is not an assumption - B and E is eliminated

A - eliminating the negative effect of onion. The argument assumes that the species of onion do not have any negative effect - it only have a positive effect.

What is the OA ?
OA-A
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:50 am
patanjali.purpose wrote:A Company genetically engineers flowers which are then sent to retailers in locations around the world. By splicing a rose with a species of onion they managed to create a flower that looks like the classic, and still very popular, red rose, but that takes much longer to wilt. A longer expiration period presents an important advantage to international flower importers and to individual consumers. Clearly, sales of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

Which of the following is an assumption underlying the conclusion?
A) The genes which were spliced into the rose are not also responsible for the onion's tearing effect.
B) Consumers are interested in a flower that will last longer.
C) Plastic flowers have not affected the import and export of natural flowers.
D) Although extremely popular, the original rose was not the highest selling flower species of all.
E) A longer expiration period will allow importers more time for delivery of the Daisygen roses.

Pls explain your pick.
The premise is about X: a longer expiration date presents AN IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE to consumers.
The conclusion is about Y: SALES of the Daisygen rose will outnumber those of the original rose species.

The passage links X to Y, claiming that this IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE will lead to SALES.
The assumption is that there are no OTHER FACTORS that will affect sales.

Answer choice A: It must be true that the genes spliced into the rose are not also responsible for the onion's tearing effect. Yes. If this answer choice is not true -- if the Daisygen rose causes consumers to cry -- then consumers are unlikely to buy the Daisygen rose, invalidating the conclusion that it will sell better than the original rose. Since A must be true in order for the conclusion to be valid, it is the necessary assumption.

The correct answer is A.

B confirms a PREMISE: that the longer expiration date presents AN IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE to consumers. A premise is a FACT, not an assumption. The assumption is the MISSING LINK: something NOT STATED in the passage that must be true in order for the conclusion to be valid. Eliminate B.
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by gmatdriller » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:36 pm
I sometimes find it subtle in identifying facts presented in the stem when
they are repeated in answer choices to indicate assumptions.
Of course, facts cannot be used as assumptions since they are already stated.

Have to find a more pragmatic way of dealing with this situation before
it's too late or any suggestion on how i can address this problem?
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