It folloows the reasoning If x then Y .. If not X not Y... Please feel free to comment... I have observed it in few questions.

Politician P.

Politician P: My opponent claims that the government is obligated to raise taxes to increase funding for schools and health care. Because raising taxes to increase funding for schools and health care would make taxpayers upset over their loss of buying power, my opponent is simply mistaken. Politici...

LSAT CR

Critic: Political utility determines the popularity of a metaphor. In authoritarian societies, the metaphor of society as a human body governed by a head is pervasive. Therefore, the society-as-body metaphor, with its connection between society’s proper functioning and governance by a head, promot...

Has to be E cannot understand why is D the OA.

Thanks Rahul what I was doing was not adding the downpayment amount to the complete total without that the total cost of the machine will not be correct and hence the difference wont... Thats the reason that my figure was not even in the option available... I believe GMAT uses small tricks like the ...

Has to be A I believe this is from OG...

Still not convinced with any of the option given.... I fail to understand even if option B gives the figures of present isint it possible that this might increase I mean who knows?? even after taking strong steps the violence still increases... D is a generic statement as said by pradeepkaushal9518....