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by nik08 » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:28 pm
Exports of United States wood pulp will rise considerably during this year. The reason for the rise is that the falling value of the dollar will make it cheaper for paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe to buy American wood pulp than to get it from any other source.
Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?
(A) Factory output of paper products in Japan and Western Europe will increase sharply during this year.
(B) The quality of the wood pulp produced in the United States would be adequate for the purposes of Japanese and Western European paper manufacturers.
(C) Paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe would prefer to use wood pulp produced in the United States if cost were not a factor.
(D) Demand for paper products made in Japan and Western Europe will not increase sharply during this year.
(E) Production of wood pulp by United States companies will not increase sharply during this year.


Can someone help me with this ?
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by Jatinder » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:23 pm
tough call b/w B and C

I choose C as it directly hits the cost.
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by nik08 » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:24 am
i had the same opinion but..

OA : B

I still prefer C for the same reason
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by codesnooker » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:18 am
Check the following link:

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-critica ... -pulp.html
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by Jatinder » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:51 am
thanks codesnooker.
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by nik08 » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:05 am
thanks for the explaination !
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by Rashmi1804 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:13 am
tough one!! huh!!

I still think C is right......

here is my reasoning....I know i'm still missing something.......but please correct me...

C-Paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe would prefer to use wood pulp produced in the United States if cost were not a factor.

That means Japan n europe dont prefer US wood pulp because cost is a factor [that they cant afford] . Now that, US woodpulp has become cheaper for them, the only factor that refrained them from buying Wood pulp from US ...they would defntly buy it now.

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by Rashmi1804 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:19 am
Okieeeee ....i got it!!

the question asks for " THE ASSUMPTION OF THE PASSAGE" not for "THE POINT THAT STRENGTHENS" the argument.
C does strengthening....and B is the assumption.

Isnt it ?????

All your valuable comments please..... B-)
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by codesnooker » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:02 pm
Rashmi1804 wrote:Okieeeee ....i got it!!

the question asks for " THE ASSUMPTION OF THE PASSAGE" not for "THE POINT THAT STRENGTHENS" the argument.
C does strengthening....and B is the assumption.

Isnt it ?????

All your valuable comments please..... B-)
Exactly!!!!

(C) is a factual statement that is repeating reasoning. ("The reason for the rise is that the falling value of the dollar will make it cheaper for paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe to buy American wood pulp than to get it from any other source. ")
(B) is assumption.
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by svishal1123 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:46 pm
With respect to this question, I have a doubt on the strategy. I also chosed C first. After reading the explanations and the correct answer, I realized that the correct answer was in fact B. I guess same happened for all the other folks. How do think we should approach this type of question?
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by svishal1123 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:50 pm
With respect to this question, I have a doubt on the strategy. I also chosed C first. After reading the explanations and the correct answer, I realized that the correct answer was in fact B. I guess same happened for all the other folks. How do think we should approach this type of question?
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by anshulseth » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:12 pm
I am still not convinced for B.

C can be treated as much an assumption as B.
So, that logic doesn't work.

Secondly, when the Q stem talks about cost, it has to be s.where accounted for. Does B accounts for it. NO

If quality of wood pulp from US is not adequate, whatever be the cost of dollar, it would not make a diff, and thus would not play a role in "raising exports considerably".

Lets go in the reverse direction.
Assuming C i.e. " Paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe would prefer to use wood pulp produced in the United States if cost were not a factor. "

Now, keeping assumption in mind, if dollar value falls, paper mfr would be keen to go for it.

The conclusion would then be, that exports will go up.
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by svishal1123 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:47 pm
Totally agree with anshulseth.
Since the stem talks about cost, the assumption should hit the cost. Option C says that the country would buy if the cost was lower. This covers cost and all the other factors.

Regarding the option B: Let's assume that the quality was good. Then? If there are certain import restrictions then the countries will not buy. Hence, quality alone does not ensure that the countries will buy the wood-pulp.

In the explanation provided by Erin(in the link) - let's keep the analogous example simple. You see a gas station, you want to buy but the price is high so you don't.

Comparing with option B:
Next month you come by the same road, you see the price has been lowered and you are also sure of the quality. Will you buy? Not necessarily. Perhaps you have to make a big U-turn to go to the Gas station. Perhaps your car is already full.

Comparing with option C:
Next month you come by the same road and before reaching that station - You think that you will definitely buy gas if the price is lower, you need that gas, the gas station is very convenient, you can also check the air in your tires. So the only determining factor is the cost. When you reach the station, you see that the cost has been lowered. Will you buy the gas from there now?
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by mankey » Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:38 am
I believe it should be C. What is the OA?

Please help.

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by hamiltonlee » Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:26 pm
Wood pulp has many advantages. White paper is generally produced by bleaching the woodpulp. Paper that yellows with exposure to sunlight is considered undesirable and therefore a chemical bleaching stage is necessary for pulp destined to become writing paper.
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