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by gauravgundal » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:10 pm
FoodMart, a grocery store in Mumbai, offers special discounts to customers who sign up for a FoodCard. Between 1990 and 1995, the number of FoodMart locations in Mumbai increased from 3 to 16. However, since the number of customers who had FoodCards was about the same in 1995 as in 1990, the number of mumbai people taking advantage of special discounts from FoodMart probably did not increase signiÂ…cantly.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the
argument depends?

(A) Few if any of the additional FoodMart locations that
opened between 1990 and 1995 served customers
who signed up for FoodCards.
(B) In 1995 most Mumbai people who lived within 10 miles of
a FoodMart did not have a FoodCard.
(C) Offering discount programs such as the FoodCard does
not decrease the proÂ…t margin of a grocery store.
(D) In 1995 Mumbai people who did not have FoodCards usually
chose to shop at grocery stores other than FoodMart
locations.
(E) The discounts o¤ers to FoodCard holders in 1995 were
not the same at all FoodMart locations.


Question modify to avoid copy write issue

[spoiler]IMO : D[\spoiler]
[spoiler]OA : A[\spoiler]

Experts please help me to find out why A is right.
If it the word usually which makes answer D worst than A.
or something else

My Thought Process : the number of customers who had FoodCards was about the same in 1995 as in 1990
Concl : the number of Mumbai people taking advantage of special discounts from FoodMart probably did not increase signiÂ…cantly.

The scope change from no. of customers to no. of Mumbai people.
so if I say that customers who have food coupons are not from Mumbai. --- why is this wrong
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:33 pm
gauravgundal wrote:.

The scope change from no. of customers to no. of Mumbai people.
so if I say that customers who have food coupons are not from Mumbai. --- why is this wrong
Hey Gaurav!

Though I am not an expert, I would like to share my view on this and get it corrected from an expert, in case it goes wrong!

Since, the Food marts are restricted only to Mumbai city and Mumbaikars .. the food coupons outside Mumbai are of no use!

Please correct it wrong!

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by diebeatsthegmat » Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:59 pm
gauravgundal wrote:FoodMart, a grocery store in Mumbai, offers special discounts to customers who sign up for a FoodCard. Between 1990 and 1995, the number of FoodMart locations in Mumbai increased from 3 to 16. However, since the number of customers who had FoodCards was about the same in 1995 as in 1990, the number of mumbai people taking advantage of special discounts from FoodMart probably did not increase signiÂ…cantly.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the
argument depends?

(A) Few if any of the additional FoodMart locations that
opened between 1990 and 1995 served customers
who signed up for FoodCards.
(B) In 1995 most Mumbai people who lived within 10 miles of
a FoodMart did not have a FoodCard.
(C) Offering discount programs such as the FoodCard does
not decrease the proÂ…t margin of a grocery store.
(D) In 1995 Mumbai people who did not have FoodCards usually
chose to shop at grocery stores other than FoodMart
locations.
(E) The discounts o¤ers to FoodCard holders in 1995 were
not the same at all FoodMart locations.


Question modify to avoid copy write issue

[spoiler]IMO : D[\spoiler]
[spoiler]OA : A[\spoiler]

Experts please help me to find out why A is right.
If it the word usually which makes answer D worst than A.
or something else

My Thought Process : the number of customers who had FoodCards was about the same in 1995 as in 1990
Concl : the number of Mumbai people taking advantage of special discounts from FoodMart probably did not increase signiÂ…cantly.

The scope change from no. of customers to no. of Mumbai people.
so if I say that customers who have food coupons are not from Mumbai. --- why is this wrong
really i chose B because i didnt like any choices here then reviewed plus viewed the answer yeah, A makes sense

CR says the foodcard open more and more between 1990 and 1995 and before having more stores, they offered discount price in places they located,, but it doesnt mean that we will continue offer special discount price to new foodcard store they had just open and A said that.
thats why the CR concluded that even more foodcard but not more poeple who get discount

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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:27 am
gauravgundal wrote:FoodMart, a grocery store in Mumbai, offers special discounts to customers who sign up for a FoodCard. Between 1990 and 1995, the number of FoodMart locations in Mumbai increased from 3 to 16. However, since the number of customers who had FoodCards was about the same in 1995 as in 1990, the number of mumbai people taking advantage of special discounts from FoodMart probably did not increase signiÂ…cantly.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the
argument depends?

(A) Few if any of the additional FoodMart locations that
opened between 1990 and 1995 served customers
who signed up for FoodCards.
(B) In 1995 most Mumbai people who lived within 10 miles of
a FoodMart did not have a FoodCard.
(C) Offering discount programs such as the FoodCard does
not decrease the proÂ…t margin of a grocery store.
(D) In 1995 Mumbai people who did not have FoodCards usually
chose to shop at grocery stores other than FoodMart
locations.
(E) The discounts o¤ers to FoodCard holders in 1995 were
not the same at all FoodMart locations.

What's the source of this question? Please always post the source!

In this particular case that's particularly important, since the correct answer is "(F) none of the above".

An assumption is something that MUST be true in order for the argument to make sense; a "missing but necessary" piece of evidence.

Looking at A, which is supposedly the right answer, does it have to be true that the new stores didn't serve customers that signed up for foodcards? No! That's one possible explanation for what happened, but it's not a requirement of the argument.

For example, it's just as possible that every store accepts foodcards, yet people who have them don't use them as much.
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