LSAT parallel reasoning

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uptowngirl92: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 447; Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:08 pm; Location: Kolkata,India; Thanked: 7 times; GMAT Score:670

by uptowngirl92 » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:36 pm

Not happy with the OA

So the question says that X causes Y.Because of the audio bks there was loss of sale of printed books.But this should not be the intended effect right?Audio bks were introduced so that it could reach to a wider audience and theauthor's work would be more widespread.Therefore,the audio bks is hurting the author only!Right?Is'nt this how you analyse a parallel reasoning question?
Please discuss.

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by nervesofsteel » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:07 pm

IMO C

availability of one alternative brought down the earlier resource which was in use

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by sudi760mba » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:12 am

I'm in agreement with C as the alternative displaced the established entity. What is the OA?

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by gmatmachoman » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:06 am

IMO A!!

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by uptowngirl92 » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:02 pm

OA:C

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by riteshbindal » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:51 pm

IMO C.
Reason: The given sentence says that ppl stopped using A because they got a better alternative B.

A: It says ppl stopped using A because B is cheaper. Now this is not parallel to our sentence.
B: Because of A, B also improved. Not parallel.
C: Ppl stopped using brand A because they got a better alternative in terms of brand B. This is parallel, hence correct.
D: Clearly not parallel.
E: A and B both failed. Not parallel.

I hope this explains the reasoning of this question.

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by kris77 » Sun May 15, 2016 4:18 pm

I think C is the best in this case.

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