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msbelasco
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The tulu, a popular ornamental plant, does not reproduce naturally, and is only bred and sold by specialized horticultural companies. Unfortunately, the tulu is easily devastated by a contagious fungal rot. The government ministry plans to reassure worried gardeners by requiring all tulu plants to be tested for fungal rot before being sold. However, infected plants less than 30 weeks old have generally not built up enough fungal rot in their systems to be detected reliably. And many tulu plants are sold before they are 24 weeks old.
Which of the following, if performed by the government ministry, could logically be expected to overcome the problem with their plan to test for fungal rot
(I am just going to give the correct answer (d), and why I chose my answer(E). The GMAT book's explanation just isn't sufficient enough of an answer.)
Correct answer
(D) Ensuring that all tulu plants not be sold before they are 30 weeks old.
How can this be correct? Just because they are not sold until 30 weeks old, does not imply a requirement that they have to be tested at 30 weeks. So based off of this answer, a company can test this plant on the 20th week, and then sell it on the 30th, which would still render the plan inneffective!
The answer I chose
(E)Quarantining all tulu plants from horticultural companies at which any case of fungal rot has been detected until those plants can be tested for fungal rot.
This reason, if implemented should solve the problem of infected plants, correct? The OG actually doesn't dispute this fact, but the reason the OG said this was wrong is because the companies could hypothetically sell the plants before they are 30 weeks old, to minimize the chance of detection.
Please understand the actual correct answer as stated by the OG has a solid factual weakness, where the answer I chose, (the incorrect one) only has a theoretical weakness, which is based only on an assumption. How could I have chosen the right answer?
Which of the following, if performed by the government ministry, could logically be expected to overcome the problem with their plan to test for fungal rot
(I am just going to give the correct answer (d), and why I chose my answer(E). The GMAT book's explanation just isn't sufficient enough of an answer.)
Correct answer
(D) Ensuring that all tulu plants not be sold before they are 30 weeks old.
How can this be correct? Just because they are not sold until 30 weeks old, does not imply a requirement that they have to be tested at 30 weeks. So based off of this answer, a company can test this plant on the 20th week, and then sell it on the 30th, which would still render the plan inneffective!
The answer I chose
(E)Quarantining all tulu plants from horticultural companies at which any case of fungal rot has been detected until those plants can be tested for fungal rot.
This reason, if implemented should solve the problem of infected plants, correct? The OG actually doesn't dispute this fact, but the reason the OG said this was wrong is because the companies could hypothetically sell the plants before they are 30 weeks old, to minimize the chance of detection.
Please understand the actual correct answer as stated by the OG has a solid factual weakness, where the answer I chose, (the incorrect one) only has a theoretical weakness, which is based only on an assumption. How could I have chosen the right answer?
