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hsingh2088
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Hi all, I am trying to understand the logic of a question that I got wrong. Please see below.
The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, the Max 100, included a special design for the tires that was intended to complement the model's image. The winning bid for supplying these tires was submitted by Rubco. Analysts concluded that the bid would only just cover Rubco's costs on the tires, but Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly justifies the claim made by Rubco's executives?
(A) In any Maxilux model, the spare tire is exactly the same make and model as the tires that are mounted on the wheels.
(B) Rubco holds exclusive contracts to supply Maxilux with the tires for a number of other models made by Maxilux.
(C) The production facilities for the Max 100 and those for the tires to be supplied by Rubco are located very near each other.
(D) When people who have purchased a carefully designed luxury automobile need to replace a worn part of it, they almost invariably replace it with a part of exactly the same make and type.
(E) When Maxilux awarded the tire contract to Rubco, the only criterion on which Rubco's bid was clearly ahead of its competitors' bids was price.
The correct answer is D, but I eliminated it for this reason.
"Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company."
In the real world, a bid's firm pricing is only specific to that bid and each bid does not assume future purchases for any given material. For that reason, I eliminated D because the answer is assuming that Rubco will create a new market for itself, even though it just stated that the bid itself will bring profit to the company, when the bid itself will not bring any profit to the company at all. I feel like that this question is very unfair and that the answer should be B because of being able to eliminate everything else...
Can someone please explain why these stupid test makers decided that D would be the appropriate answer even though the wording in the statement automatically eliminates it??
The Maxilux car company's design for its new luxury model, the Max 100, included a special design for the tires that was intended to complement the model's image. The winning bid for supplying these tires was submitted by Rubco. Analysts concluded that the bid would only just cover Rubco's costs on the tires, but Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly justifies the claim made by Rubco's executives?
(A) In any Maxilux model, the spare tire is exactly the same make and model as the tires that are mounted on the wheels.
(B) Rubco holds exclusive contracts to supply Maxilux with the tires for a number of other models made by Maxilux.
(C) The production facilities for the Max 100 and those for the tires to be supplied by Rubco are located very near each other.
(D) When people who have purchased a carefully designed luxury automobile need to replace a worn part of it, they almost invariably replace it with a part of exactly the same make and type.
(E) When Maxilux awarded the tire contract to Rubco, the only criterion on which Rubco's bid was clearly ahead of its competitors' bids was price.
The correct answer is D, but I eliminated it for this reason.
"Rubco executives claim that winning the bid will actually make a profit for the company."
In the real world, a bid's firm pricing is only specific to that bid and each bid does not assume future purchases for any given material. For that reason, I eliminated D because the answer is assuming that Rubco will create a new market for itself, even though it just stated that the bid itself will bring profit to the company, when the bid itself will not bring any profit to the company at all. I feel like that this question is very unfair and that the answer should be B because of being able to eliminate everything else...
Can someone please explain why these stupid test makers decided that D would be the appropriate answer even though the wording in the statement automatically eliminates it??
