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Directions: Each of these GMAT critical reasoning practice questions are based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action. For each practice question, select the best answer of the choices given.
Despite suggestions that there is a need to find alternative energy sources, the demand for Wobsqua grass, which is a source of renewable energy, has not grown in the past decade. Even though the crop size and the market price for Wobsqua grass have also remained constant during this decade, last year Wobsqua grass farmers enjoyed a 15% increase in their profits over the previous year.
Q. All of the following statements, if true for last year, could help to explain the profit growth EXCEPT:
  • a)
    Wobsqua grass is highly desirable as an import-crop for its energy production potential, but is no longer widely considered a useful food source for grazing animals, so overall importing has actually decreased.
  • b)
    The price of raw fuel, needed to power harvesting machines for Wobsqua grass, decreased by 20% overall in the past decade.
  • c)
    Interest in developing alternative energy sources led the United Nations to subsidize Wobsqua grass production in many principalities.
  • d)
    Wobsqua grass farmers, once relegated to the periphery of farmers' associations, have created their own cooperative association to share in common costs like lobbying government.
  • e)
    Newly developed technology for Wobsqua grass harvesting was introduced, allowing some of the work that could previously only be done manually to be done by means of the new technology.
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?
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The correct response is (A). This is a resolve the argument question. The correct choice must help reconcile the apparent contradictory information by showing why, in fact, both facts can be true. Here we have an EXCEPT question as well, where all but one of the answer choices will be feasible. Begin by identifying the contrast. Don't be misled in this question by the use of the word “despite” in the first sentence: the contrast here is entirely contained within the second sentence. If output and price remained the same, how could it be that profits increased if demand did not grow? There are many possible explanations, four of which we will see in the answer choices. The only option that is NOT feasible is (A): if imports decreased, that still does not explain the rise in profits.
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