Grow-Again ointment is a proven

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal11% picked this

   When using an ointment, people tend to believe that applying it in greater quantities can

   This answer doesn't help us make the case that offering a rebate would not lead to more sales. This answer just tells us that if people do buy this product, they go through it faster than they need to.

   11%
2. B

   Too Weak1% picked this

   Grow-Again is more effective on some of the men who use it than it

   An answer this weak will probably never be correct on Strengthen, Weaken, Paradox, or Sufficient Assumption. For any product on the market that resembles a drug or a treatment, does it have identical effectiveness for every single user? Of course not. It's common sense that effectiveness will vary at least somewhat. So this answer is telling us something our common sense already understands. And in addition to telling us nothing, it certainly isn't giving us any idea that helps us make the case that offering a rebate won't increase sales.

   1%
3. C

   Correct71% picked this

   The rebate, if offered, would not attract purchasers who otherwise might

   Why this is right

   This sounds like it helps us make the case that "offering the rebate won't increase sales". It just flat out tells us that the rebate will not end up getting people to buy Grow-Again who otherwise would not have bought it. That person in CVS considering buying this for $40 is not swayed in any by the $10 rebate. They are either going to buy Grow-Again or they aren't. The rebate wouldn't be the difference-maker that converted a "no" into a "yes". This answer is weird because it has nothing to do with the evidence, but that happens sometimes on Strengthen and Weaken. It seems like maybe test writers were going for the angle of, "For a product like reversing baldness, men are desperate to buy whatever works. If it's a proven treatment and they can afford it, they're in." A rebate usually doesn't dramatically change the price of a product; it knocks off like 10-20% of the price. So anyone who can afford the discounted version can afford the full price version and would be willing to buy an effective reversal for baldness either way. This is my speculation. We don't need to think of this backstory to pick the answer, because the answer, if true, definitely strengthens the conclusion.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   71%
4. D

   No Impact1% picked this

   Baldness in men can be caused by a variety of factors, only one of

   The fact that there are other causes of baldness, which wouldn't be treated by Grow-Again, has nothing to do with whether or not offering a rebate would increase sales.

   1%
5. E

   No Impact16% picked this

   Grow-Again is a product whose per-unit manufacturing cost does not fall significantly when the product is

   This is somewhat tempting. If we were focused on the move from "won't increase sales" to "will be unprofitable", we might have thought, "Wait a sec -- something that fails to increase sales could still be profitable, if it reduced costs!" Is there a way that offering the rebate would reduce costs? Probably not. There's no common sense way that a rebate could reduce costs of production / distribution. This answer feels like it's trying to rule out that sort of thinking. "A rebate on Grow-Again will not cause the manufacturing cost to fall significantly". But there are two problems 1. if costs fall at all, even insignificantly, then the product has gotten more profitable. 2. This has nothing to do with a rebate! :)

   16%