weak point

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weak point

by bleacherseat » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:04 pm
Mainline Airways was bought by its employees six years ago. Three years ago, Mainline hired QualiCo Advertising Agency to handle its promotions and advertising division. Today Mainline’s profits are over 20 percent higher than they were five years ago and 10 percent higher than they were three years ago. Employee ownership and a good advertising agency have combined to make Mainline more profitable.

Which of the following best describes the weak point in the argument above?

(A) It fails to establish a causal connection between the change in ownership at Mainline Airways and the hiring of QualiCo, on the one hand, and the rise in Mainline’s profits, on the other.
(B) It presents no evidence showing that employee-owned airlines are any more profitable than other airlines.
(C) It assumes that the profits of Mainline Airways will continue to rise.
(D) It gives no exact figures for the current profits of Mainline Airways.
(E) It fails to explain how the profits of Mainline Airways are calculated.
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:23 pm
IMO A>

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by csandeepreddy » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:22 pm
C, D & E can be ruled out...

I will go with A, though B looks tempting...

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Re: weak point

by dally_gmat » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:03 pm
IMO : A

What is OA?

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by bleacherseat » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:49 pm
OA is A


I chose B

In hindsight, A is right . I read causal as casual and that made me chose B. :)

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by aj5105 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:45 pm
picked A.

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by kris77 » Thu May 12, 2016 12:48 pm
I believe the correct answer should be A.

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by khanshainur » Thu May 12, 2016 1:01 pm
I would go with option A as the correct option