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corn - live stock

by pappueshwar » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:15 am
â—�Question 2. Critical Reasoning

Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. Corn is extensively used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers' expectation?

A. The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.
B. Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.
C. Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.
D. As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.
E. Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the pastcorn

OA is B. my questions is y is C incorrect ?
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by icemanKK » Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:26 pm
Hi ,

I believe that C can be regarded incorrect because - the decrease in the availability of Livestock will be offset by the increase in the number of people not preferring livestock and hence the prices of the livestock may remain the same.

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by killer1387 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:00 pm
pappueshwar wrote:â—�Question 2. Critical Reasoning

Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. Corn is extensively used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers' expectation?

A. The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.
B. Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.
C. Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.
D. As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.
E. Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the pastcorn

OA is B. my questions is y is C incorrect ?
B is the straight answer.
C uses "some people" i.e. doesnt give any information for majority of people. Hence C is out.
we just cant rely on statistics that is for less than 50% of mass.

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by Deepthi Subbu » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:41 pm
In addition to what killer said , I would like to highlight one word from the conclusion- observers expect an <b>immediate<b> short-term decrease in meat prices . We need to find why there is likely to be an immediate fall in meat prices and B explains it comfortably.