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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:58 pm
Kopke: In the past ten years, most of the new clothes that I have purchased have fallen apart within a few short years. However, all of the clothes that I have purchased at vintage clothing shops are still in excellent condition, despite the fact that they were all over thirty years old at the time that I bought them. Clearly, clothes are not manufactured as well today as they were when those vintage clothes were made.

Which of the following is a weakness in the argument above?
A. It fails to demonstrate that the clothes manufactured thirty years ago were of higher quality than clothes of all other era.
B. It neglects the possibility that the clothes of thirty years ago, when prices are adjusted for inflation, cost more than clothes manufactured today.
C. It confuses the number of clothing items sold with the proportion of those items that are no longer useful.
D. It does not explain why clothing manufacturing standards have fallen over item.
E. It fails to take into account clothes made over thirty years ago that are no longer fit for sale.

OA after some discussion. Took me 3 min to crack , let me know ur timing .

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by diebeatsthegmat » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:16 am
i think this Cr is kinda simple... lets think. you bought a dress or a shirt but you dislike the way it is because its not fashionable so you reject to wear it and stored it into wardrobe... and after years its still the same, new and good...
so compared to other shirt or dress, its still good not because its quality is good, its good just because its never used... so after years its still good as new.
hope it helps

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by gmatblood » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:44 am
IMO:B 2:15

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by need720+ » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:41 am
IMO E

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by sophiesaurabh » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:44 am
Answer is E.

E talks about the clothes that were made 30 years back but are now NOT fit for use have not been considered for the argument. The only clothes that the argument talks about are the ones that have survived 30 years and are still fit. This may be just 1 cloth out of thousands, we don't know.

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by need720+ » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:58 am
sophiesaurabh wrote:Answer is E.

E talks about the clothes that were made 30 years back but are now NOT fit for use have not been considered for the argument. The only clothes that the argument talks about are the ones that have survived 30 years and are still fit. This may be just 1 cloth out of thousands, we don't know.
OG12 CR Q114 is very similar to this problem. Based on same principle.

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by dinaroneo » Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:53 pm
clearly E; although it took me 2:35 to crack

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by ColumbiaVC » Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:13 pm

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by sunnyjohn » Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:53 pm
IMO: E, 1:40 seconds.

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by ratan_2009 » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:07 pm
IMO C, 2.1 min

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by BlindVision » Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:57 pm
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:Kopke: In the past ten years, most of the new clothes that I have purchased have fallen apart within a few short years. However, all of the clothes that I have purchased at vintage clothing shops are still in excellent condition, despite the fact that they were all over thirty years old at the time that I bought them. Clearly, clothes are not manufactured as well today as they were when those vintage clothes were made.

Which of the following is a weakness in the argument above?
A. It fails to demonstrate that the clothes manufactured thirty years ago were of higher quality than clothes of all other era.
B. It neglects the possibility that the clothes of thirty years ago, when prices are adjusted for inflation, cost more than clothes manufactured today.
C. It confuses the number of clothing items sold with the proportion of those items that are no longer useful.
D. It does not explain why clothing manufacturing standards have fallen over item.
E. It fails to take into account clothes made over thirty years ago that are no longer fit for sale.

OA after some discussion. Took me 3 min to crack , let me know ur timing .
B 1:55
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