Critical Reasoning

thanks a lot stuart...


i guess i went too much into it...



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Can we know the source and original answer please..


thx

I found the answer. The OA is B indeed. Thanks for your help @raunekk and of course Stuart. I think is a little confusing question anyways lesson is learned. Thanks.

I completely disagree with this official answer.This question seems to be flawed.

Hi,

The OA for this question is B, however i disagree with it. IMO, D is more appropriate.

As I stated in my explanation, (b) is 100% correct and (d) is 100% irrelevant.

Let me try to use an analogy to explain.

You own a book store. Book sales are down, but you notice that the gas station owned by your friend is making craaaazy profits, because the price of gas is so high due to an oil shortage. At the current price of $4 per gallon, your friend is making a lot of money. Accordingly, you decide to open up your own gas station.

How do the following 2 statements affect your chance of success:

(1) The biggest oil field in history was just discovered in India, which is immediately going to begin production and will undercut the sale of oil by other countries.

(2) People are unwilling to pay more than $4 per gallon of gas.

Well, (1) clearly presents a problem, since it makes us think that the price of gas is going to go down. (1) weakens your chance of success.

(2), however, is completely irrelevant. Your profits are based off the current price of $4 per gallon - it would be nice if people would pay more, but you'll be doing great at the current price. Therefore, (2) has no impact on your projection of profit at $4 per gallon.

(1) and (2) are basically the same as (b) and (d), respectively, in the question posted in this thread.

B is my answer.
Explain: Insect infestations => low productivity => high price => attract soybean growers to switch to cotton

In order to weaken the plan's chance for success: =>no insect infestations => high productivity => low price => no longer attract soybean growers.
Hence, B should be the best answer, since it results in no insect infestations.

My 2 cents!

IMO - B

Hi this is a pretty challenging question. Took me some time to appreciate the OA. I was stuck between B and D and I chose D in the test.

Here is my understanding after reading several posts. Hope you fill find it useful.

B is correct because if a new inexpensive pesticide is effective, existing cotton growers will start using it and their yield of cotton would increase (or at least return to normal). Therefore the shortage in demand will reduce and the price will stabilize. There is no opportunity for increasing revenue over the next several years as the soya farmers wish.

I'd choose "B". Other options seem to be irrelevant for me. Especially "E"