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Inadequate Road system

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by ssgmatter » Wed May 26, 2010 7:36 am
State spokesperson: Many businesspeople who have not been to our state believe that we have an inadequate road system. Those people are mistaken, as is obvious from the fact that in each of the past six years, our state has spent more money per mile on road improvements than any other state.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the reasoning in the spokesperson's argument?

(A) In the spokesperson's state, spending on road improvements has been increasing more slowly over the past six years than it has in several other states.
(B) Adequacy of a state's road system is generally less important to a businessperson considering doing business there than is the availability of qualified employees.
(C) Over the past six years, numerous businesses have business have moved into the state.
(D) In general, the number of miles of road in a state' road system depends on both the area and the population of the state.
(E) Only states with seriously inadequate road systems need to spend large amounts of money on road improvements.

Though this one looks pretty simple and straighforward, still out of curiosity what is the reason behind the correct/wrong answer for this one.
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by FightWithGMAT » Wed May 26, 2010 7:53 am
By POE, E remains

though "only" word is a matter of worry.
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by ssgmatter » Wed May 26, 2010 8:25 am
I request gurus to share their thougths on this disguised simple one

Even I agree that E uses extreme only but on the other side other options make no sense!////

Any thoughts?
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by paes » Wed May 26, 2010 9:19 pm
A : Comparing with other state does not tell that the road conditions are good here.
B : out of scope
C : business can be moved from some other reasons. No indication is given that it is because of bad roads.
D : Just a fact, not related to argument anyway.
E : clearly it is the answer. It is showing that because the road system is not good, more money is being spent on the roads.
extreme choices are possible in strengthen and weaken question.
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by kevincanspain » Wed May 26, 2010 11:13 pm
Do not be allergic to extreme answer choices!

Even when you are asked to make an inference based on a set of facts, the correct answer may have words such as 'only', 'impossible', 'never´, 'always'. Simply make sure this langauge is justified.


If you take E as a fact (this is exactly what you are supposed to do!), then you see that high expenditures per mile may actually be a sign that the state's road system is inadequate.
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