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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:10 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:oa is D

i think neerajkumar1 has given good reasoning
a supporting decision factor for these "parallel the reasoning" questions is a review of the content used. An answer choice which uses the same "content world" (beach houses, beach volleyball) as the original argument will almost always be a trap answer choice, designed to lure test-takers who have not broken down the argument logically, but are rather merely looking for "something the same as the argument". always be suspicious of those, and look for something else.

The key it to break down the argument into a logical path (unrelated to content), then find an answer choice which portrays the same logical path - probably not the same content. Here, the logical path would be "X has some inherent benefits, but can go horribly wrong due to some unexpected calamity". D follows that path.
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