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by maihuna » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:59 am
An advertisement designed to convince readers of the great durability of automobiles manufactured by the Deluxe Motor Car Company cites as evidence the fact that over half of all automobiles built by the company since 1970 are still on the road today, compared to no more than a third for any other manufacturer.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the advertisement's argument?
(A) After taking inflation into account, a new Deluxe automobile costs only slightly more than a new model did in 1970.
(B) The number of automobiles built by Deluxe each year has not increased sharply since 1970.
(C) Owners of Deluxe automobiles typically keep their cars well maintained.
(D) Since 1970, Deluxe has made fewer changes in the automobiles it manufactures than other car companies have made in their automobiles.
(E) Deluxe automobiles have been selling at relatively stable prices in recent years.
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by vikram_k51 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:54 am
Will go with B on this one.By POE.could not find anything better.
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by DanaJ » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:57 am
I chose D. A and E refer to costs and there's no mentioning of this aspect in the initial argument. B talks about numbers, but the argument centers around percentages (half = 50% and third = 33%). C is actually a counterargument: it means that it's not the quality of the car that accounts for its durability, but the "quality" of the owners. D is the only one that remains: not changing much means the cars are as durable as they've always been.
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by maihuna » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:29 am
DanaJ wrote:I chose D. A and E refer to costs and there's no mentioning of this aspect in the initial argument. B talks about numbers, but the argument centers around percentages (half = 50% and third = 33%). C is actually a counterargument: it means that it's not the quality of the car that accounts for its durability, but the "quality" of the owners. D is the only one that remains: not changing much means the cars are as durable as they've always been.
DanaJ, but B has a valid point, what if in 1970 they made only 100 cars while since then they have made 1000000 so far on an increasing average, assuming almost 800000 in last year, so since the reasoning could still be that they have more than half on road of all made from 1970 while majority of them will be made quite recently like last few years.

Since this option cuts an alternate possibility, it will strengthen the advertiser argument. What do you think.
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by DanaJ » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:06 am
As I've said, IMHO the argument does not rely on numbers, but on percentages. It really doesn't matter (at least not to me, I guess) what's the number of cars manufactured: if half or 50% of them are functioning as compared to a third or 33% of competitors' cars, then you know that Deluxe are better.

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by Domnu » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:31 am
Initially, I too thought the answer was D. But choice D makes the assumption that changes to the car affect its durability; this is not necessarily true. For example, the changes could have lessened the durability to compensate for car looks, comfort, or mileage. We can't make any assumptions, so the closest answer is B.
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by maihuna » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:36 am
DanaJ wrote:As I've said, IMHO the argument does not rely on numbers, but on percentages. It really doesn't matter (at least not to me, I guess) what's the number of cars manufactured: if half or 50% of them are functioning as compared to a third or 33% of competitors' cars, then you know that Deluxe are better.

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Humm... B does have a point, the percentage they are talking about could be recent as pointed by me in last append, as the Q asks more than 50% since 1970, so if the production was increasing year over year, the accumulated affects from 1970 to till date will be skewed around current years ans so weaken the argument,
since option B says that the car manufacturing has not increased sharply year over year it make sense to assume that of the 50% the number of cars are well distributed year over year.

OA is B
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:39 am
maihuna wrote:An advertisement designed to convince readers of the great durability of automobiles manufactured by the Deluxe Motor Car Company cites as evidence the fact that over half of all automobiles built by the company since 1970 are still on the road today, compared to no more than a third for any other manufacturer.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the advertisement's argument?
(A) After taking inflation into account, a new Deluxe automobile costs only slightly more than a new model did in 1970.
(B) The number of automobiles built by Deluxe each year has not increased sharply since 1970.
(C) Owners of Deluxe automobiles typically keep their cars well maintained.
(D) Since 1970, Deluxe has made fewer changes in the automobiles it manufactures than other car companies have made in their automobiles.
(E) Deluxe automobiles have been selling at relatively stable prices in recent years.
OA shuld be (B)!!!

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by DanaJ » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:54 am
I guess this is "Misread the argument day" for me. Of course B makes sense... But I was reading "automobiles built by the company in 1970" instead of the "since". I wonder if I got the other two questions right from the set you've posted...
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by maihuna » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:29 am
DanaJ wrote:I guess this is "Misread the argument day" for me. Of course B makes sense... But I was reading "automobiles built by the company in 1970" instead of the "since". I wonder if I got the other two questions right from the set you've posted...
Yes the remaining two are correct, I did all these four incorrect in my exam too today, like missing the vaccationner point in aquarium Q, you are incredible in nailing the right logic.
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by DanaJ » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:46 am
Thanks maihuna. What was the source of these problems? I mean, what CAT are they from?
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by maihuna » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:21 am
Ohh they are OG Paper Tests. No OE only OA is available for them.
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by Eric77Gorm » Mon May 16, 2016 12:07 am
I am pretty sure that the right answer is B.
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