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clawhammer
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I'm asking this because I haven't got a clear answer.
The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it will remain so. In the United States this year, the total amount of tobacco sold by tobacco-farmers has increased, even though the number of adults who smoke has decreased.
Each of the following, if true, could explain the simultaneous increase in tobacco sales and decrease in the number of adults who smoke EXCEPT:
A. During this year, the number of women who have begun to smoke is greater than the number of men who have quit smoking.
B. The number of teen-age children who have begun to smoke this year is greater than the number of adults who have quit smoking during the same period.
C. During this year, the number of nonsmokers who have begun to use chewing tobacco or snuff is greater than the number of people who have quit smoking.
D. The people who have continued to smoke consume more tobacco per person than they did in the past.
E. More of the cigarettes made in the United States this year were exported to other countries than was the case last year.
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OA is A. But can you guys please explain why not B ?
- The number of teenage children who started smoking this year > the number of adults who quit. - I get this.
HOWEVER: It doesn't say the number of children who was smoking last year remained the same!
This increase in number can make up for the number of children from the last year who stopped smoking?
For example:
* Number of teenage smokers in '09: 20
* Number of teenage smokers in '10: 20 (10 began smoking this year + 10 stopped?)
- And total number of teenage smokers could even decrease?
* Decrease in adult smokers in '10: 10
That still wont solve the issue.
B says the number of teenagers who started smoking this year increased, NOT total number of teenage smokers increased.
Can anyone help clearing my confusion? - Where am I getting it wrong?
The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it will remain so. In the United States this year, the total amount of tobacco sold by tobacco-farmers has increased, even though the number of adults who smoke has decreased.
Each of the following, if true, could explain the simultaneous increase in tobacco sales and decrease in the number of adults who smoke EXCEPT:
A. During this year, the number of women who have begun to smoke is greater than the number of men who have quit smoking.
B. The number of teen-age children who have begun to smoke this year is greater than the number of adults who have quit smoking during the same period.
C. During this year, the number of nonsmokers who have begun to use chewing tobacco or snuff is greater than the number of people who have quit smoking.
D. The people who have continued to smoke consume more tobacco per person than they did in the past.
E. More of the cigarettes made in the United States this year were exported to other countries than was the case last year.
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OA is A. But can you guys please explain why not B ?
- The number of teenage children who started smoking this year > the number of adults who quit. - I get this.
HOWEVER: It doesn't say the number of children who was smoking last year remained the same!
This increase in number can make up for the number of children from the last year who stopped smoking?
For example:
* Number of teenage smokers in '09: 20
* Number of teenage smokers in '10: 20 (10 began smoking this year + 10 stopped?)
- And total number of teenage smokers could even decrease?
* Decrease in adult smokers in '10: 10
That still wont solve the issue.
B says the number of teenagers who started smoking this year increased, NOT total number of teenage smokers increased.
Can anyone help clearing my confusion? - Where am I getting it wrong?
