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by RumpelThickSkin » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:36 pm
Jellies, a fruit snack manufacturer, was recently sued for advertising one of their product lines as "organic," even though the product contained ingredients not certified as organic. As a result of the suit, Jellies must use only organic ingredients for products labeled organic. Since organic ingredients are more expensive than are conventionally grown ingredients, production costs will increase at Jellies.

On which of the following assumptions does the conclusion to the left depend?


A - The financial impact of the lawsuit will hamper the budget for research and development at Jellies.

B - The judge's ruling in the lawsuit was fair and appropriate.

C - Organic ingredients will decline in price as more companies recognize the consumer demand for these products.

D - Jellies will continue to produce food labeled as organic. Their costs will not increase if they discontinue production of organic products.

E - Organic products can command a higher price on the market.

OA [spoiler]: D [/spoiler]
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by sumanr84 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:09 pm
IMO : E
Jellies tried to capture the market by labeling its product as organic. So, it must have been assumed that organic products command a higher price.
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by RumpelThickSkin » Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:35 pm
sumanr84 wrote:IMO : E
Jellies tried to capture the market by labeling its product as organic. So, it must have been assumed that organic products command a higher price.
Updated OA. I though E initially as well. Can someone explain?
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by abhigang » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:12 am
Conclusion : Production costs will increase
Premise (or the basis of the conclusion) : Organic ingredients are more expensive.

To bridge the gap we can assume that Jellies production of the "organic" products will continue as it was earlier the lawsuit. If you scan through the answer choices, D fits best.

The reason I feel E is not fitting here is that the price of the organic compound is actually a post production affair. The premise and conclusion talks exclusively about the production process.
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by kevincanspain » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:11 am
sumanr84 wrote:IMO : E
Jellies tried to capture the market by labeling its product as organic. So, it must have been assumed that organic products command a higher price.
I don't agree: it could still make sense to offer organic profits even if they did not command higher prices
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by ssgmatter » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:34 am
RumpelThickSkin wrote:Jellies, a fruit snack manufacturer, was recently sued for advertising one of their product lines as "organic," even though the product contained ingredients not certified as organic. As a result of the suit, Jellies must use only organic ingredients for products labeled organic. Since organic ingredients are more expensive than are conventionally grown ingredients, production costs will increase at Jellies.

On which of the following assumptions does the conclusion to the left depend?


A - The financial impact of the lawsuit will hamper the budget for research and development at Jellies.

B - The judge's ruling in the lawsuit was fair and appropriate.

C - Organic ingredients will decline in price as more companies recognize the consumer demand for these products.

D - Jellies will continue to produce food labeled as organic. Their costs will not increase if they discontinue production of organic products.

E - Organic products can command a higher price on the market.

OA [spoiler]: D [/spoiler]
Go with D....it is the only option that makes the most sense...check for the conclusion here...and then you would understand why D is the correct one...

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by reply2spg » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:02 pm
Don't you think that E is already mentioned in the passage???
sumanr84 wrote:IMO : E
Jellies tried to capture the market by labeling its product as organic. So, it must have been assumed that organic products command a higher price.
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by sumanr84 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:13 pm
RumpelThickSkin wrote:
D - Jellies will continue to produce food labeled as organic. Their costs will not increase if they discontinue production of organic products.
I didn't like the assumption being presented in a language that is quite flat. Do you think BOLD part is eligible to be an assumption statement ?

Infact, D is directly mentioned in the argument. D is presented as a double negation statement. If you put it straight then below is how it will look,
Their costs will increase if they continue production of organic products.
which is a direct derivative of last line "Since organic ingredients are more expensive than are conventionally grown ingredients, production costs will increase at Jellies. "

Let me know how you see it..
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by PRABHDEEP gill » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:23 pm
I think the answer is clearly (D).

Just identify the premise and the conclusion.

Premise:Organic ingredients are more expensive than are conventionally grown ingredients

Conclusion: production costs will increase at Jellies (Note :Production costs are overall and not just for organic products which might be a subset of all the products in the company)

For assumption, find the MISSING link between the two :
premise states that organic ingredients are more expensive and the conclusion talks with certainty (WILL) that production costs will increase - therefore the arguments assumes that some organic products will definitely be produced. and that's exactly what D says.

I agree the second part of the assumption seems rather strange and convoluted but I prefer to ignore it as the first stmt is very clear in stating the assumption.
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by diebeatsthegmat » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:00 am
sumanr84 wrote:IMO : E
Jellies tried to capture the market by labeling its product as organic. So, it must have been assumed that organic products command a higher price.
oa should be D because even if the price in the market is high thus company maybe still get profit when produce the product however its production cost still gets high. moreover, the thing we are taking care here is production cost
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by neha.patni » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:06 am
RumpelThickSkin wrote:Jellies, a fruit snack manufacturer, was recently sued for advertising one of their product lines as "organic," even though the product contained ingredients not certified as organic. As a result of the suit, Jellies must use only organic ingredients for products labeled organic. Since organic ingredients are more expensive than are conventionally grown ingredients, production costs will increase at Jellies.

On which of the following assumptions does the conclusion to the left depend?


A - The financial impact of the lawsuit will hamper the budget for research and development at Jellies.

B - The judge's ruling in the lawsuit was fair and appropriate.

C - Organic ingredients will decline in price as more companies recognize the consumer demand for these products.

D - Jellies will continue to produce food labeled as organic. Their costs will not increase if they discontinue production of organic products.

E - Organic products can command a higher price on the market.

OA [spoiler]: D [/spoiler]

IMO D

To lead to the conclusion that production cost will increase, it is necessary to show that Jellies continues to produce organic food containing only organic ingredients, which are expensive.
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