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harsh.champ: Legendary Member; Posts: 1132; Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:38 amFollowed by: 6 members; Location: India; Thanked: 64 times; GMAT Score:760

by harsh.champ » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:49 am

All biology professors, except for Simmons, are Darwinists. From which of the following can the statement above be most properly inferred?

A. Except for Simmons, if someone is a Darwinist biology professor, then he or she is a biology professor.
B. Simmons is the only non-biology professor who is an darwinist.
C. If a biology professor is an Darwinist, then he or she is a biology professor, as long as he or she is not Simmons.
D. Simmons is not an Darwinist biology professors.
E. Aside from the biology professors Simmons, if someone is a biology professor, then he or she is a Darwinist.

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by komal » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:46 am

harsh.champ wrote:All biology professors, except for Simmons, are Darwinists. From which of the following can the statement above be most properly inferred?

A. Except for Simmons, if someone is a Darwinist biology professor, then he or she is a biology professor.
B. Simmons is the only non-biology professor who is an darwinist.
C. If a biology professor is an Darwinist, then he or she is a biology professor, as long as he or she is not Simmons.
D. Simmons is not an Darwinist biology professors.
E. Aside from the biology professors Simmons, if someone is a biology professor, then he or she is a Darwinist.

My pick is (E)

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by money9111 » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:15 am

My choice is D because the original statement is saying that Simmons is a Biology Professor but not a Darwinist.

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:19 am

money9111 wrote:My choice is D because the original statement is saying that Simmons is a Biology Professor but not a Darwinist.

I think its E... you have to diagram it

BP -------> Darwinist

Statement E basically says this, so I would choose this. With choice D Simmons is not a Darwinist, but that doesn't mean that he isn't a Darwinist professor, meaning he may not subscribe to the theory but he could teach the theory.

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by shashank.ism » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:19 am

harsh.champ wrote:All biology professors, except for Simmons, are Darwinists. From which of the following can the statement above be most properly inferred?

A. Except for Simmons, if someone is a Darwinist biology professor, then he or she is a biology professor.
B. Simmons is the only non-biology professor who is an darwinist.
C. If a biology professor is an Darwinist, then he or she is a biology professor, as long as he or she is not Simmons.
D. Simmons is not an Darwinist biology professors.
E. Aside from the biology professors Simmons, if someone is a biology professor, then he or she is a Darwinist.

A. it says simmons is also darwinist --wrong
B. Simmons is non-biology professor -- wrong
C. Biology professor darwinist , simmon non-darwinist biology professor -- correct
D. not clear whether simmon is biology professor or not -- wrong
E. seems to be correct too.

Both E & C .. which is more appropriate..C is a bit confusing using two times biology professor .
So I go with E.

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by money9111 » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:00 pm

What's the OA on this one? Your explanation makes logical sense to me Osirus, but in my head D is clearer.. assuming that the "an" is supposed to be "a"

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by gmatmachoman » Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:47 pm

komal wrote:
harsh.champ wrote:All biology professors, except for Simmons, are Darwinists. From which of the following can the statement above be most properly inferred?

A. Except for Simmons, if someone is a Darwinist biology professor, then he or she is a biology professor.
B. Simmons is the only non-biology professor who is an darwinist.
C. If a biology professor is an Darwinist, then he or she is a biology professor, as long as he or she is not Simmons.
D. Simmons is not an Darwinist biology professors.
E. Aside from the biology professors Simmons, if someone is a biology professor, then he or she is a Darwinist.
My pick is (E)

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