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Garnet and Renco!

by amysky_0205 » Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:00 pm
Garnet and RenCo each provide health care for their employees. Garnet pays for both testing of its employees' cholesterol levels and treatment of high cholesterol. This policy saves Garnet money, since high cholesterol left untreated for many years leads to conditions that require very expensive treatment. However, RenCo dose not have the same financial incentive to adopt such a policy, because ______.

A. early treatment of high cholesterol dose not entirely eliminate the possibility of a stroke later in life
B. the mass media regularly feature stories encouraging people to maintain diets that are low in cholesterol
C. RenCo has significantly more employees than Garnet has
D. RenCo's employees are unlikely to have higher cholesterol levels than Garnet's employees
E. the average length of time an employee stays with RenCo is less than it is with Garnet

OA: E

I want to ask why A can't make sense. thank u!
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by lunarpower » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:31 pm
amysky_0205 wrote:Garnet and RenCo each provide health care for their employees. Garnet pays for both testing of its employees' cholesterol levels and treatment of high cholesterol. This policy saves Garnet money, since high cholesterol left untreated for many years leads to conditions that require very expensive treatment. However, RenCo dose not have the same financial incentive to adopt such a policy, because ______.

A. early treatment of high cholesterol dose not entirely eliminate the possibility of a stroke later in life
B. the mass media regularly feature stories encouraging people to maintain diets that are low in cholesterol
C. RenCo has significantly more employees than Garnet has
D. RenCo's employees are unlikely to have higher cholesterol levels than Garnet's employees
E. the average length of time an employee stays with RenCo is less than it is with Garnet

OA: E

I want to ask why A can't make sense. thank u!
when it comes to questions like these, it helps to notice broad-scale qualities that the correct answer MUST have, or issues that it MUST address.

in this problem, we are looking for a reason why it doesn't make sense for one company to adopt a certain policy, even though it does make sense for another company to adopt exactly the same policy.
in general, that sort of discrepancy could result either from differences between the companies or from differences between the companies' employees. however, in this particular case, there's not going to be a difference between the employees themselves (since the given medical information applies to everyone), so the correct answer MUST point out a relevant difference between the two companies.

that's the easiest way to determine that choice (a) is wrong: there is no way it could possibly provide grounds for differentiation between the two companies.
(it's also irrelevant because it has already been determined that the policy is financially profitable for garnet; that decision would already take into account all relevant potential costs, including the ones described in that choice.)

choice (e), on the other hand, points out a pertinent distinction between the two companies: garnet's employees are more likely to stay long enough for the long-term considerations to matter.
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by viveksingh222 » Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:57 am
Why can't the answer be C.

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by lunarpower » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:06 am
viveksingh222 wrote:Why can't the answer be C.

Thank you.
simply put, the number of employees will not affect whether the plan is financially sensible, because the costs, the risks, and the benefits all accrue on a per-employee basis.

more importantly...
when you ask questions like this, you shouldn't just ask stuff like "why can't be answer be (c)?". that kind of question makes you into a passive listener, and, ironically, creates a situation in which the moderator answering your post is the only active participant.
instead, when you ask about an answer choice, you should always include an explanation of why you think that choice might be correct (or incorrect*). this way, (a) you force yourself to think actively about the problem, and (b) we have a better idea of what is actually worth talking about in response.

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*the exception to this statement, of course, is that you should not question GMAC's the official correct answers. there's no sense in saying that those might be incorrect; they aren't. everything else is fair game for discussion.
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by viveksingh222 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:43 am
lunarpower wrote:
viveksingh222 wrote:Why can't the answer be C.

Thank you.
simply put, the number of employees will not affect whether the plan is financially sensible, because the costs, the risks, and the benefits all accrue on a per-employee basis.

more importantly...
when you ask questions like this, you shouldn't just ask stuff like "why can't be answer be (c)?". that kind of question makes you into a passive listener, and, ironically, creates a situation in which the moderator answering your post is the only active participant.
instead, when you ask about an answer choice, you should always include an explanation of why you think that choice might be correct (or incorrect*). this way, (a) you force yourself to think actively about the problem, and (b) we have a better idea of what is actually worth talking about in response.

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*the exception to this statement, of course, is that you should not question GMAC's the official correct answers. there's no sense in saying that those might be incorrect; they aren't. everything else is fair game for discussion.
From next time I will give my reasoning behind my choice. Thank you
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