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by Focus_gmat » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:16 am
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Could you please clarify this, not sure which one to choose between A and C

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by crisro » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:32 am
gmat009 wrote:
schakiiieee wrote:A:
A explains why the success rate was higher compared to other Universities, which strengthens the argument. It explains the contradiction between the high success rate and the claim that they didnt try hard enough. --> A

B:
The paragraph does not talk about the percentage of how many people donated even though they were not contacted. It only says that when they donate - they donated more. It does not explain why the University has got such a high success rate.

C:
Unrelated to the paragraph. The paragraph does not talk about people who donated without beeing contacted.
C is not unrelated to paragraph.
If you read passage carefully -" since the people most likely to donate are those who have donated in the past, good fundraisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base. The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort. "
C makes perfect sense to support this argument.

Can anyone plz. explain.........
As I see option C is referring to most of the donations that came from people who had previously donated, which has nothing to do with the argument.
If it said most of the donations came from people who had previously donated, then the meaning would be completely different.[/b]