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by \'manpreet singh » Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:37 am
The cost of producing radios in Country Q is 10 percent less than the cost of producing radios in Country Y.
Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a company to import radios
from Country Q to Country Y than to produce radios in Country Y.
The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
(A) Labor costs in Country Q are 10 percent below those in Country Y.
(B) Importing radios from Country Q to Country Y will eliminate 10 percent of the manufacturing jobs in
Country Y.
(C) The tariff on a radio imported from Country Q to Country Y is less than 10 percent of the cost of
manufacturing the radio in Country Y.
(D) The fee for transporting a radio from Country Q to Country Y is more than 10 percent of the cost of
manufacturing the radio in Country Q.
(E) It takes 10 percent less time to manufacture a radio in Country Q than it does in Country Y.

Ans is C
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:50 am
'manpreet singh wrote:The cost of producing radios in Country Q is 10 percent less than the cost of producing radios in Country Y.
Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a company to import radios
from Country Q to Country Y than to produce radios in Country Y.
The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
(A) Labor costs in Country Q are 10 percent below those in Country Y.
(B) Importing radios from Country Q to Country Y will eliminate 10 percent of the manufacturing jobs in
Country Y.
(C) The tariff on a radio imported from Country Q to Country Y is less than 10 percent of the cost of
manufacturing the radio in Country Y.
(D) The fee for transporting a radio from Country Q to Country Y is more than 10 percent of the cost of
manufacturing the radio in Country Q.
(E) It takes 10 percent less time to manufacture a radio in Country Q than it does in Country Y.

Ans is C
Country Y:
Let the production cost per radio = 100.

Country Q:
Let P = the production cost and T = tariff and transportation costs.
Since it is cheaper to import a radio from Q than to spend $100 on a radio from Y, we get:
P+T < 100.
Since the production cost in Q is 10% less than the production cost in Y, P = 90.
Substituting P=90 into P+T < 100, we get:
90 + T < 100
T < 10.

The case above illustrates that C must be true:
The tariff on a radio imported from Country Q is less than 10 percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in Country Y.

The correct answer is C.
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:40 pm
IMO C
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by jack.daniel » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:13 am
A, B and E are about labor cost, jobs and manufacturing time but these topics are not mentioned in stimulus (which is true). So eliminate A, B and E.
D does not support the stimulus. Infact, it weakens. So, eliminate D.

C supports the fact - "it is cheaper for a company...............to produce radio in country Y"

IMO C
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by anubhavit » Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:30 pm
C is correct. Using process of elimination easy to conclude answer.
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by itskals » Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:06 am
This is an Inference/Conclusion Questions Type.

Tip : For inference questions the Correct Ans is blatantly stated in the passage. This means eliminate any answer choice blindly that brings in a new 'word' that is not spoken about in the Passage.

So as you can see in Answer choices : (A), (B) and (E) there are words which are not spoken about in the passage; whereas (D) is NOT what is stated in the Passage ( this is opposite/goes against what is given) . Hence your correct ans is (C)

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