1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopia's federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopia's federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists' facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
plz explain..
puys...heres my prob.. im repeatedly doing mistakes in assumtion type questions.. plz help me out with any specific approach towards des questions..
cheers!!!
1) Industrialists....... my answer is D
D) because it shows that they made profits much b4 the war (or losses) and these profits trigerred war..
2) In the United States............my answer is A
A) If they don't wear the belts, the argument is not valid for them. WEAKNESS EXCEPT means which either strengthen the argument or doesnot effect..
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopias federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopias federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
plz explain..
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopias federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopias federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
D has factories in A. D is accused with instigating and promoting war in A.
D is saying, it is incurring $8 as the expense for this fingering, and making only $4 in their factories.
Conclusion: Since no profit, D is not fingering.
Question: What Weakens the Conclusion above.
Reasoning: Which of the choices prove D is making money.
A- Out of scope. We need to find out how the industries in A are contributing towards D's profits.
B - If Larger portion of expenses are made by someone who is making least profits, then it makes sense to increase the profits and decrease the contribution to expenses, by promoting war in A.
C - This means that the war has no impact on the level of profits. This does not help either way in this argument.
D - Same as C
E - Irrelevant.
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
US Injuries are severe than EU
EU seat belts diff from US
Conclusion: US needs to redesign seatbelts (forget the standards, keep it simple)
Question: - * - = + . Which of the choices support this conclusion.
A - Weakens, that means belt design has nothing to do with safety.
B - Weakens, again, better trained, so better driving, not because of belts.
C - Weakens, Stronger bodies,less severe the injury, not because of belts.
D - Strengthens! Statistically, if there are more cars on roads, and more drivers and passengers are moving around (than EU), then there is an increased amount of risk. So in order to minimize, better seat belts need to be designed.
E - Out of scope. No one is evaluating EU seat belt vs other, here. The argument is whether US needs new designs for bets or not.
plz explain..
My answers and explanations above.
puys...heres my prob.. im repeatedly doing mistakes in assumtion type questions.. plz help me out with any specific approach towards des questions..
cheers!!!
DENY THE ASSUMPTION !
Thats the best approach in my opinion. Take each one of the choices and deny it and see what effect it will have on the conclusion. If the conclusion gets totally defeated...then thats your assumption right there.
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopias federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
Strengthens
(B) The largest proportion of Distopias federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
Goes to ahead.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
This doesnt account for the 8B expense in Ditopia
(D) Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
Good Option.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
Strengthen the 2nd sentence.
IMO D
1. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
Nothing is mentioned in the argument about passengers wearing seat belt.Maybe the US passengers wer already wearing the seat belts.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
Good Option. The other factor is responsible for the the cause.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
Goes far off the argument.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
This is already mentioned in the argument.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
Conclusion says for stringent standards and not about using the European std.
IMO B
plz explain..
My ans as above...
My answer is E.. because WE can correctly find the answer only if there is no loss of salt from ocean..
The Earths rivers constantly carry dissolved salts into its oceans. Clearly, therefore, by taking the resulting increase in salt levels in the oceans over the past hundred years and then determining how many centuries of such increases it would have taken the oceans to reach current salt levels from a hypothetical initial salt-free state, the maximum age of the Earths oceans can be accurately estimated.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A. The quantities of dissolved salts deposited by rivers in the Earths oceans have not been unusually large during the past hundred years.
B. At any given time, all the Earths rivers have about the same salt levels.
C. There are salts that leach into the Earths oceans directly from the ocean floor.
D. There is no method superior to that based on salt levels for estimating the maximum age of the Earths oceans.
E. None of the salts carried into the Earths oceans by rivers are used up by biological activity in the oceans.
I'm stuck between A and E! I feel A is right, but one of the forums says as E as final ans!
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopia's federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopia's federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists' facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
plz explain..
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopia's federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopia's federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists' facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
IMO, (1) - D
(2) - D
OA pl ....
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopias federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopias federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
plz explain..
OAs are B & B ..i donno how..
DENY THE ASSUMPTION !
Thats the best approach in my opinion. Take each one of the choices and deny it and see what effect it will have on the conclusion. If the conclusion gets totally defeated...then thats your assumption right there.
Hey vikram.. i'll try to follow..
Hey people! It's good to be back with such a wonderful group!! 
Let me try my brains on the two problems by @sdt83: 
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopia's federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
Argument Analysis:
For the second sentence to be flawed, D's industrialists set-ups in A MUST HAVE made SUBSTANTIAL PROFITS. Hence an option that proves this is the answer.
Now, lets analyse the options:
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
Is "significant rise in productivity" synonymous with "Substantial Profits". Not always!
(B) The largest proportion of Distopia's federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
If largest proportion out of 8 billion is borne by the losers, it means all those who won cummulatively spent lest than the former group. That is, at least below 4 billion. This together with the fact that the total profits were 4 billion proves that those who earned profits did that with good margins. Hence, "Substantial Profits".
(C) Most Distopian industrialists' facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
"Most", "expected to" are adding subjectivity to this answer option. Moreover, if they knew that they will not make "Substantial Profits" then they would not have gone there to reap the benefits of profits during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
"Before the war" - Weird scenario.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
"We are talking of materialistic gains here, Not the "concerns".
2. In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
Simple Logic - "Less severe injuries" in Europe (and on the other hand, more severe injuries in the US) can be because of many reasons, "safety belts" can be JUST one of those.
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
"Likely to" is tricky and "NOT SPECIFIC", Hence, it weakens the conclusion to some extent but not completely.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
"Bulls Eye" - Talks about how European drivers are trained to "minimize injuries" without any "mention" of the quality of seat belts".
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
So logically, US must think of improving "Cars' built" and NOT "SAFETY BELTS" only.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
"Chances of being involved in accident" are out of question as the argument talks about "severity of injuries" and assumes that "accidents are equi-likely in both US and Europe"
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
"States", "begun requiring" and "Average severity" are ambiguous and hence misleading.
plz explain..
Hope it explains the Answers.
Aric
However, my only problem is TIME. It takes me more than 3 minutes on one CR Question...:splat:
1. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopias federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia.
(B) The largest proportion of Distopias federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits.
(C) Most Distopian industrialists facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
(D) Distopian industrialists facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war.
(E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
Lets talk about the second sentence. It says Industralists didn't encourage intervention;argument says- its simple... how can they support intervention if the cost of intervention born by government is more than the profit they( industralist) earned.
How can we make the argument redundant??
if we can prove that cost of intervention was not paid by industralist, but by someone else. Choice (B) exactly does that.
LEts talk about other options...A, D and E can be easily eliminated.
(C) tries to tell that money will be recovered from future profits, which we might say is correct option however it can be eliminated as it is talking about the stability of profit beyond war-time.
Puys help me with this...
Corporate officers and directors commonly buy and sell, for their own portfolios, stock in their own
corporations. Generally, when the ratio of such inside sales to inside purchases falls below 2 to 1 for a given
stock, a rise in stock prices is imminent. In recent days, while the price of MEGA Corporation stock has been
falling, the corporations officers and directors have bought up to nine times as much of it as they have sold.
The facts above best support which of the following predictions?
(A) The imbalance between inside purchases and inside sales of MEGA stock will grow even further.
(B) Inside purchases of MEGA stock are about to cease abruptly.
(C) The price of MEGA stock will soon begin to go up.
(D) The price of MEGA stock will continue to drop, but less rapidly.
(E) The majority of MEGA stock will soon be owned by MEGAs own officers and directors.
Puys help me with this...
Corporate officers and directors commonly buy and sell, for their own portfolios, stock in their own
corporations. Generally, when the ratio of such inside sales to inside purchases falls below 2 to 1 for a given
stock, a rise in stock prices is imminent. In recent days, while the price of MEGA Corporation stock has been
falling, the corporations officers and directors have bought up to nine times as much of it as they have sold.
The facts above best support which of the following predictions?
(A) The imbalance between inside purchases and inside sales of MEGA stock will grow even further.
(B) Inside purchases of MEGA stock are about to cease abruptly.
(C) The price of MEGA stock will soon begin to go up.
(D) The price of MEGA stock will continue to drop, but less rapidly.
(E) The majority of MEGA stock will soon be owned by MEGAs own officers and directors.
IMO : C
inside sales /inside purchases = 1/9 for MEGA.
So as its less than 2:1 the price will go up.
IMO : C
inside sales /inside purchases = 1/9 for MEGA.
So as its less than 2:1 the price will go up.
cool this is the OA i-e C
Puys help me with this...
Corporate officers and directors commonly buy and sell, for their own portfolios, stock in their own
corporations. Generally, when the ratio of such inside sales to inside purchases falls below 2 to 1 for a given
stock, a rise in stock prices is imminent. In recent days, while the price of MEGA Corporation stock has been
falling, the corporations officers and directors have bought up to nine times as much of it as they have sold.
The facts above best support which of the following predictions?
(A) The imbalance between inside purchases and inside sales of MEGA stock will grow even further.
(B) Inside purchases of MEGA stock are about to cease abruptly.
(C) The price of MEGA stock will soon begin to go up.
(D) The price of MEGA stock will continue to drop, but less rapidly.
(E) The majority of MEGA stock will soon be owned by MEGAs own officers and directors.
New S/P = 1/9 which is
IMO C.
It is illogical to infer a second and different effect from a cause which is known only by one particular effect. This is incorrect because the inferred effect must necessarily be produced by some different characteristic of the cause than is the observed effect, which already serves entirely to describe the cause.
Which one of the following arguments makes the same logical error as the one described by the author in the passage?
(A) An anonymous donor gave a thousand dollars to our historical society. I would guess that that individual also volunteers at the childrens hospital.
(B) The radioactive material caused a genetic mutation, which, in turn, caused the birth defect. Therefore, the radioactive material caused the birth defect.
(C) The tiny, unseen atom is the source of immense power. It must be its highly complex structure that produces this power.
(D) The city orchestra received more funds from the local government this year than ever before. Clearly this administration is more civic-minded than previous ones.
(E) If I heat water, which is a liquid, it evaporates. If I heat hundreds of other liquids like water, they evaporate. Therefore, if I heat any liquid like water, it will evaporate.
one more ...
Just as a bicycle chain may be too tight, so may ones carefulness and conscientiousness be so tense as to hinder the running of ones mind.
23.Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning used in the argument above?
(A) Just as a clock may be wound too tightly, so may ones time be spent fruitlessly in the pursuit of perfection.
(B) Just as a carousel may spin too quickly, so may ones rapid concentration on several problems prevent a resolution of difficulties.
(C) Just as a machine may be oiled too much, so may ones heavy drinking of alcoholic beverages lead to complete dissipation.
(D) Just as a raging river may be frozen into stillness during the winter, so may ones career falter at certain times of the year.
(E) Just as a boxer may become too tense before a big fight, so may ones personal concerns stand in the way of professional success.
not even a single right answer to either of the questions till now 😞
Puys help me with this...
Corporate officers and directors commonly buy and sell, for their own portfolios, stock in their own
corporations. Generally, when the ratio of such inside sales to inside purchases falls below 2 to 1 for a given
stock, a rise in stock prices is imminent. In recent days, while the price of MEGA Corporation stock has been
falling, the corporations officers and directors have bought up to nine times as much of it as they have sold.
The facts above best support which of the following predictions?
(A) The imbalance between inside purchases and inside sales of MEGA stock will grow even further.
(B) Inside purchases of MEGA stock are about to cease abruptly.
(C) The price of MEGA stock will soon begin to go up.
(D) The price of MEGA stock will continue to drop, but less rapidly.
(E) The majority of MEGA stock will soon be owned by MEGAs own officers and directors.
I will go with option C
1:9 is less than 2:1, So answer is C..
Puys help me with this...
Corporate officers and directors commonly buy and sell, for their own portfolios, stock in their own
corporations. Generally, when the ratio of such inside sales to inside purchases falls below 2 to 1 for a given
stock, a rise in stock prices is imminent. In recent days, while the price of MEGA Corporation stock has been
falling, the corporations officers and directors have bought up to nine times as much of it as they have sold.
The facts above best support which of the following predictions?
(A) The imbalance between inside purchases and inside sales of MEGA stock will grow even further.
(B) Inside purchases of MEGA stock are about to cease abruptly.
(C) The price of MEGA stock will soon begin to go up.
(D) The price of MEGA stock will continue to drop, but less rapidly.
(E) The majority of MEGA stock will soon be owned by MEGAs own officers and directors.