Residents of city Y have more purchasing power than resident

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Residents of city Y have more purchasing power than residents of cities X and Z. At the same income levels, residents of city Y spend less for food and housing and can therefore purchase more products.
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the statements made above ?

A. Residents of City Y have the ability to purchase food and pay for the housing considerably less than the residents of City X and Z because food and housing cost less.

B. Residents of City Y do not need to buy as much food and rent/build as big of houses as residents of cities X and Z.

C. City Y has lower sales taxes and cheaper land to build property on, compared to the cities X and Z.
D. Residents of city Y do purchase more products than residents of cities X and Z.
E. Residents of city U pay more for the other expenses compared to residents of X and Z.
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by raunekk » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:29 pm
IMO:A

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by Vignesh.4384 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:09 am
IMO A.

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by kiranlegend » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:15 am
IMO A

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by saurabh_dce08 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:45 am
I don't think option A is right

Think in this way, the people of country Y are habituated with eating less and building cheap houses....
if they are spending less on food and houses does not mean that they are cheap....

if in the Option E there is a typo "U" for Y then E Can be the option :)

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by Vignesh.4384 » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:48 am
Hi saurabh_dce08,

The question ask us to infer from the information given.
I get the point u r trying to make .

But if the ppl of country Y are habituated to eat less then they could be habituated to spend less also.. how do u say they spend more on other stuff ?? :wink: the passage does not mention anything about other expenses .. So option E is out of scope i guess.

Please correct me if i am wrong

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by NSNguyen » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:46 am
i think D is best choice
A seems restate what is said in the passage.
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:25 am
NSNguyen wrote:i think D is best choice
A seems restate what is said in the passage.
:lol:
I Think D is the best choice.
Please drop the correct answer.
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:26 am
NSNguyen wrote:i think D is best choice
A seems restate what is said in the passage.
:lol:
I Think D is the best choice.
Please drop the correct answer.
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:30 am
NSNguyen wrote:i think D is best choice
A seems restate what is said in the passage.
:lol:
I Think D is the best choice.
Please drop the correct answer.
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by iwill » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:31 am
please post the OA

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by gmattester » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:51 pm
IMO 'A'

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by NSNguyen » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:03 am
HI my airan,
what is the OA?
Please share your idea and your reasoning :D
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by natalietong » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:09 am
D doesn't sound right. purchasing more products doesn't mean spending more money, so it doesn't mean having more purchase power. I would choose C. lower tax and cheaper land account for the lower spend on food and house, as well as for a higher purchase power.

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by pranavc » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:21 am
going with B. What is the OA?