Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT15 S3 Q26 Explanation

When the manufacturers in a

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

When the manufacturers in a given country are slower to adopt new technologies than their foreign competitors are, their production costs will fall more slowly than their foreign competitors’ costs will. But if manufacturers’ production costs fall less rapidly than their foreign competitors’ costs do, those manufacturers will be unable to lower their foreign competitors can, that country gets squeezed out of the global market.

What this question is testing

Must be True

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
26.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    If the manufacturers in one country raise their prices, it is because they have squeezed their foreign competitors

  2. Trap13% picked this

    If manufacturers in one county have been squeezed out of the global market, this shows that their foreign competitors have adopted new

  3. Trap8% picked this

    If a country’s foreign competitors can lower their production costs more rapidly than the country’s own manufacturers can, then their foreign competitors

  4. Trap11% picked this

    If a country’s manufacturers adopt new technologies at the same rate as their foreign competitors, neither group will be able to squeeze the

  5. Correct66% picked this

    If a country’s manufacturers can lower their prices as rapidly as their foreign competitors can, this shows that they adopt new technology at least

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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