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sharp rise in the price of gasoline - New type of Ques

by vikram4689 » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:24 pm
Due to a sharp rise in the price of gasoline, commuters who drive to work in the center of the city are facing a large increase in transportation expenses that will limit the funds they have available to spend in other areas. In order to forestall a slowdown in the local economy, the city council has decided that fares on all forms of public transportation will be suspended for the next three months. Clearly, if commuters can get to work more cheaply, they will have more money left over to spend in other sectors of the economy, and the city's finances on the whole will not be negatively affected by higher gasoline prices.

If all of the statements above are true, which of the following is most likely to be damaged by the city council's plan?

A. A local chain of service stations, which will see fewer customers during the daily commute.
B. Members of the bus drivers' union, who will be forced to add more routes and work longer hours.
C. The city council's budget, which will be unbalanced after receiving no revenue from transit fares for three months.
D. Commuters who already use public transportation daily and who will face crowded conditions and travel delays.
E. Commuters who do not live near public transportation routes and will not be able to take advantage of the suspended fares.

What does this Question Mean.... i think it says that which of the option will be weakened by the statements in the argument.
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by Target2009 » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:14 pm
vikram4689 wrote: What does this Question Mean.... i think it says that which of the option will be weakened by the statements in the argument.
Yes !! You are right.
And My pick is Option "C".
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by vikram4689 » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:42 am
Target2009 wrote:
vikram4689 wrote: What does this Question Mean.... i think it says that which of the option will be weakened by the statements in the argument.
Yes !! You are right.
And My pick is Option "C".
So that means i need to choose an option which might not happen. Does this fall under the category of Inference Ques.

I am now confused b/w C & E.
C. The city council's budget, which will be unbalanced after receiving no revenue from transit fares for three months. - We cannot say this, so this is a contender
E. Commuters who do not live near public transportation routes and will not be able to take advantage of the suspended fares. They may use public transportation, nothing stops them from using it. so this is a contender
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by mriiidula » Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:23 am
vikram4689 wrote:
Target2009 wrote:
vikram4689 wrote: What does this Question Mean.... i think it says that which of the option will be weakened by the statements in the argument.
Yes !! You are right.
And My pick is Option "C".
So that means i need to choose an option which might not happen. Does this fall under the category of Inference Ques.

I am now confused b/w C & E.
C. The city council's budget, which will be unbalanced after receiving no revenue from transit fares for three months. - We cannot say this, so this is a contender
E. Commuters who do not live near public transportation routes and will not be able to take advantage of the suspended fares. They may use public transportation, nothing stops them from using it. so this is a contender
The conclusion here is that the city's finances on the whole will not be negatively affected by higher gasoline prices. I was stuck b/w A and C because only those two are related to finances. For A we are assuming that fewer customers mean less revenue generated, but only C actually describes unbalanced revenues, so I would go with C.

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by vikram4689 » Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:52 pm
mriiidula wrote: The conclusion here is that the city's finances on the whole will not be negatively affected by higher gasoline prices. I was stuck b/w A and C because only those two are related to finances. For A we are assuming that fewer customers mean less revenue generated, but only C actually describes unbalanced revenues, so I would go with C.

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OA is C but why we need to focus on conclusion, this is kind of MUST BE TRUE ques. (in fact MUST NOT BE TRUE) so any statement that cannot happen will be our answer. Experts please share your views.
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by mriiidula » Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:16 am
vikram4689 wrote:
mriiidula wrote: The conclusion here is that the city's finances on the whole will not be negatively affected by higher gasoline prices. I was stuck b/w A and C because only those two are related to finances. For A we are assuming that fewer customers mean less revenue generated, but only C actually describes unbalanced revenues, so I would go with C.

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OA is C but why we need to focus on conclusion, this is kind of MUST BE TRUE ques. (in fact MUST NOT BE TRUE) so any statement that cannot happen will be our answer. Experts please share your views.
The question stem asks you to determine the answer choice that damages the city council's plan. Since the conclusion states that the city's finances are not negatively affected, we know that in the right answer, the city's finances MUST be negatively affected in some way. This is seen in 'C'. So you have to look at the conclusion.
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by jonathan123456 » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:22 pm
+1 for C
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by amit2k9 » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:39 am
argument is talking about the economy.So look for an option which brings the fact down that such a response also may not revive the economy.

C comes close enough to leave a slight hint.hold.

E classic usage of 'some' people.A small group effected does not mean the whole economy will take a toss. POE.

C it is.
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by apex231 » Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:20 pm
"Due to a sharp rise in the price of gasoline, commuters who drive to work in the center of the city are facing a large increase in transportation expenses that will limit the funds they have available to spend in other areas. In order to forestall a slowdown in the local economy, the city council has decided that fares on all forms of public transportation will be suspended for the next three months. Clearly, if commuters can get to work more cheaply, they will have more money left over to spend in other sectors of the economy, and the city's finances on the whole will not be negatively affected by higher gasoline prices."


Can we not argue that allowing free fare is a means to avoid a slowdown in local economy. If there is a slow down in local economy then perhaps city council may suffer even more revenue loss (from other sources) than the loss due to free fare? So how can we conclusively say that allowing free fares will negatively impact the city council budget in the given context.
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