A violin constructed to have improved sound would sound different from the best-sounding existing violins.
To professional violinists, a violin that sounds different from the best-sounding existing violins sounds less like a violin and therefore worse than the best-sounding existing violins.
Professional violinists are the only accepted judges of the sound quality of violins.
Would be the best supported by those statements?
(A) Only amateur violinists should be asked to judge the sound quality of newly constructed violins.
(B) Professional violinists supervise the construction of violins.
(C) The best-sounding existing violins have been in existence fro several centuries.
(D) It is currently impossible to construct a violin that the only accepted judges will evaluate as having improved sound.
(E) It is possible to construct a violin that sounds better than the best-sounding existing violins to everyone but professional violinists.
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IMO Egmattester wrote:A violin constructed to have improved sound would sound different from the best-sounding existing violins.
To professional violinists, a violin that sounds different from the best-sounding existing violins sounds less like a violin and therefore worse than the best-sounding existing violins.
Professional violinists are the only accepted judges of the sound quality of violins.
Would be the best supported by those statements?
(A) Only amateur violinists should be asked to judge the sound quality of newly constructed violins. -- no where amateur violinists were spoken about
(B) Professional violinists supervise the construction of violins. -- out of scope
(C) The best-sounding existing violins have been in existence fro several centuries. -- out of scope
(D) It is currently impossible to construct a violin that the only accepted judges will evaluate as having improved sound. -- this is pretty narrow to infer (impossible is an extreme word)
(E) It is possible to construct a violin that sounds better than the best-sounding existing violins to everyone but professional violinists.
it is correct because it is a strong inference(it is possible.. )
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In this can of questions you can only use information that is in the passage.
E says that
It is possible to construct a violin that sounds better than the best-sounding existing violins to everyone but professional violinists
well the passage does not say anything about other people. The information we have is for professional violinists
To professional violinists, a violin that sounds different from the best-sounding existing violins sounds less like a violin and therefore worse than the best-sounding existing violins.
this statement could also be true for nonprofessional violinists making E incorrect
E says that
It is possible to construct a violin that sounds better than the best-sounding existing violins to everyone but professional violinists
well the passage does not say anything about other people. The information we have is for professional violinists
To professional violinists, a violin that sounds different from the best-sounding existing violins sounds less like a violin and therefore worse than the best-sounding existing violins.
this statement could also be true for nonprofessional violinists making E incorrect
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Makes sense. But in (D) It is currently impossible to construct a violin that the only accepted judges will evaluate as having improved sound. --> who is 'judges' here. Are they the professionals referred in the stimulus?
Yes!crackgmat007 wrote:Makes sense. But in (D) It is currently impossible to construct a violin that the only accepted judges will evaluate as having improved sound. --> who is 'judges' here. Are they the professionals referred in the stimulus?
Definitely D.
E errors:
1) out of scope statements for other people.
2) extreme inference that new violin will sounds better to everyone.
