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by GmatKiss » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:09 pm
"Consumer advocate: it is generally true, at least in this state, that lawyers who advertise a specific service charge less for that service than lawyers who do not advertise. It is also true that each time restrictions on the advertising of legal services have been eliminated, the number of lawyers advertising their services has increased and legal costs to consumers have declined in consequence. However, eliminating the state requirement that legal advertisements must specify fees for specific services would almost certainly increase rather than further reduce consumer's legal costs. Lawyers would no longer have an incentive to lower their fees when they begin advertising and if no longer required to specify fee arrangements, many lawyers who now advertise would increase their fees.

In the consumer advocate's argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a generalization that the consumer advocate accepts as true; the second is presented as a consequence that follows from the truth of that generalization.

(B) The first is a pattern of cause and effect that the consumer advocate argues will be repeated in the case at issue; the second acknowledges a circumstance in which that pattern would not hold.

(C) The first is pattern of cause and effect that the consumer advocate predicts will not hold in the case at issue; the second offers a consideration in support of that prediction.

(D) The first is evidence that the consumer advocate offers in support of a certain prediction; the second is that prediction.

(E) The first acknowledges a consideration that weighs against the main position that the consumer advocate defends; the second is that position.

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by nzt » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:50 am
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by gunjan1208 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:47 am
My choice would be A. [Not explaining as you need an expert here]

What is OA?
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:57 am
OA is neither A nor E :)
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:13 am
GmatKiss wrote:"Consumer advocate: it is generally true, at least in this state, that lawyers who advertise a specific service charge less for that service than lawyers who do not advertise. It is also true that each time restrictions on the advertising of legal services have been eliminated, the number of lawyers advertising their services has increased and legal costs to consumers have declined in consequence. However, eliminating the state requirement that legal advertisements must specify fees for specific services would almost certainly increase rather than further reduce consumer's legal costs. Lawyers would no longer have an incentive to lower their fees when they begin advertising and if no longer required to specify fee arrangements, many lawyers who now advertise would increase their fees.

In the consumer advocate's argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

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Conclusion: Eliminating the requirement that legal advertisements must specify fees for specific services would INCREASE legal costs.

Boldface 1: A causal relationship -- that fewer restrictions typically lead to LOWER legal costs -- that WEAKENS the conclusion.

Boldface 2: A PREMISE that explains why legal costs in the case at hand would INCREASE: lawyers would no longer have an incentive to lower their fees when they begin advertising.

(A) The first is a generalization that the consumer advocate accepts as true; the second is presented as a consequence that follows from the truth of that generalization. The second phrase does not follow from but COUNTERS the first phrase. Eliminate A.

(B) The first is a pattern of cause and effect that the consumer advocate argues will be repeated in the case at issue; the second acknowledges a circumstance in which that pattern would not hold. The first phrase WEAKENS the conclusion. Eliminate B.

(C) The first is pattern of cause and effect that the consumer advocate predicts will not hold in the case at issue; the second offers a consideration in support of that prediction. Correct. The first phrase expresses a causal relationship -- that fewer restrictions typically lead to lower legal costs -- that the passage predicts will not hold true in the case at hand. The second phrase supports the prediction that legal costs will INCREASE.

(D) The first is evidence that the consumer advocate offers in support of a certain prediction; the second is that prediction. The first phrase does not support the prediction that legal costs will INCREASE. Eliminate D.

(E) The first acknowledges a consideration that weighs against the main position that the consumer advocate defends; the second is that position. The second phrase is not the conclusion but a PREMISE. Eliminate E.

The correct answer is C.
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by David@VeritasPrep » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:57 pm
Had a pretty good discussion of this question a little while back at this link https://www.beatthegmat.com/bold-faced-q ... 65499.html

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