All of the employees at the Marshalltown Packing Warehouse receive a 3% bonus each Christmas. The company owner instituted the Christmas bonus at the company’s inception ten years earlier, and the company handbook includes a guarantee to new employees that they will receive the bonus annually. The company has recently hired a new financial officer whose review of the books indicates that the company’s budget might not allow for the Christmas bonus this year due to a decline in advertising revenues for the company. The financial officer sends out a memo to all employees, informing them that the company will be
unable to provide the Christmas bonuses this year unless all employees contribute to an improvement in advertising revenues.
Consider the passage above carefully. If the information contained within it is true, which of the following must also be true?
Some people think that in every barrel of politicians there are only a few rotten ones. But if deceit is a quality of rottenness, I believe all effective politicians are rotten. They must be deceitful in order to do the job properly. Someone who is scrupulously honest about obeying the rules of society will never be an effective politician.
Assuming that the author’s statements are accurate, which one of the following statements CANNOT be true?
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Most of the whole blood donated for transfusion is type O, which is compatible with all blood types. Type O is especially important in emergencies which don't allow time for typing the victim's blood, but for this reason it is usually in short supply.
Given the above, which of the following must be true?
Baxe Interiors, one of the largest interior design companies in existence, currently has a near monopoly in the corporate market. Several small design companies have won prestigious awards for their corporate work, while Baxe has won none. Nonetheless, the corporate managers who solicit design proposals will only contract with companies they believe are unlikely to go bankrupt, and they believe that only very large companies are unlikely to go bankrupt.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
A package is never accepted for delivery by the delivery service unless it is within the established size limits. All packages accepted for delivery by the delivery service have a return address.
If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
The largest volcano on Mars rises 26 Kilometers above the surrounding plain and covers an area roughly the size of Romania. Even if the Earth’s gravity were as low as the gravity of Mars, no volcano of such size could exist on Earth, for the Earth’s crust, although of essentially the same composition as that of the Mars, is too thin to support even a small fraction of that mass and would buckle under it, causing the mountain to sink.
If the statements above are true, which of following must also be true on the basis of them?
Spokesperson: In the 2006 election of the city mayor, 55% of the voters were female. All the voters were between ages 18 and 70 and 2/3 of them supported the incumbent mayor. The incumbent mayor won the election with a substantially greater number of votes than any other candidate.
If the statements made by the Spokesperson are true, then which of the following must be true?
The percentage of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is higher in Merton County than in any other county. However, the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is higher in Sommer County.
If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
“Good hunter” and “bad hunter” are standard terms in the study of cats. Good hunters can kill prey that weigh up to half their body weight. All good hunters have a high muscle-to-fat ratio. Most wild cats are good hunters, but some domestic cats are good hunters as well.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true?
Among 35-45 years old in Gowburg, some prefer music that was 20 years ago, whereas others prefer music that is popular today. Children and spouses of people who prefer music that was popular twenty years ago are themselves three times as likely as others in Gowburg to prefer music that was popular twenty years ago. Children of people who prefer music popular today are ten times more likely than others in Gowburg to prefer music that is popular today, whereas spouses of people who prefer music that is popular today are no more likely than other residents of Gowburg to prefer such music.
The information above provides most support for which of the following hypothesis?