In an effort to support local widget manufacturers

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In an effort to support local widget manufacturers, the State of New Carolina made it illegal for any individual or business in New Carolina to purchase widgets from out-of-state manufacturers. Numerous factories in New Carolina produce machinery that requires widgets, and those factories were forced to raise the prices on their machinery.

The passage above most strongly supports which of the following inferences?

A. Widget manufacturers in the State of New Carolina charge more for widgets than do out-of-state widget manufacturers.

B. The machinery that incorporates widgets is usually sold outside of New Carolina.

C. The factories that used to buy out-of-state widgets sold the machinery that incorporated widgets to buyers in the same states from which the widgets originated.

D. Out-of-state widgets had become increasingly expensive, and the resulting trade deficit was part of the motivation for the ban on purchasing widgets from outside of New Carolina.

E. Purchasing widgets from outside of New Carolina was crucial to the state's economy.

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by paes » Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:09 am
straight away A.

As I mentioned earlier also, write your confusion with the question, then it will be easy to answer it.

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by reply2spg » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:13 am
I agree with Paes, this is simple one. Please let us know your question and everyone can post his/her views
paes wrote:straight away A.

As I mentioned earlier also, write your confusion with the question, then it will be easy to answer it.
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