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electric-power company

by gmatmachoman » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:05 am
2. An electric-power company gained greater profits and provided electricity to
consumers at lower rates per unit of electricity by building larger-capacity more
efficient plants and by stimulating greater use of electricity within its area. To
continue these financial trends, the company planned to replace an old plant by a
plant with triple the capacity of its largest plant.
The company's plan as described above assumed each of the following EXCEPT:
A) Demand for electricity within the company's area of service would increase in
the future.
B) Expenses would not rise beyond the level that could be compensated for by
efficiency or volume of operation, or both.
C) The planned plant would be sufficiently reliable in service to contribute a net
financial benefit to the company as a whole.
D) Safety measures to be instituted for the new plant would be the same as those
for the plant it would replace.
E) The tripling of capacity would not result in insuperable technological
obstacles to efficiency.
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Re: electric-power company

by vikram_k51 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:14 am
gmatmachoman wrote:2. An electric-power company gained greater profits and provided electricity to
consumers at lower rates per unit of electricity by building larger-capacity more
efficient plants and by stimulating greater use of electricity within its area. To
continue these financial trends, the company planned to replace an old plant by a
plant with triple the capacity of its largest plant.
The company's plan as described above assumed each of the following EXCEPT:
A) Demand for electricity within the company's area of service would increase in
the future.
B) Expenses would not rise beyond the level that could be compensated for by
efficiency or volume of operation, or both.
C) The planned plant would be sufficiently reliable in service to contribute a net
financial benefit to the company as a whole.
D) Safety measures to be instituted for the new plant would be the same as those
for the plant it would replace.
E) The tripling of capacity would not result in insuperable technological
obstacles to efficiency.
Will go with D.
What is the OA?Negating D won't hamper the company's plans.But negating any other point will certainly hamper the company's plans.

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by gmatmachoman » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:15 am
Your r right!!

OA is D!! :D :lol:

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by kris77 » Sun May 15, 2016 3:41 pm
D is the most suitable option in this case.