A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool company has recently claimed that the company is mismanaged, citing as evidence the company's failure to slow production in response to a recent rise in its inventory of finished products. Investor's claim.
It is doubtful whether an investor's sniping at management can ever be anything other than counterproductive, but in this case it is clearly not justified (author's main conclusion).
It is true that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand (fact), but in Burton's case it indicates no such thing (author's opinion - why).
Rather, the increase in inventory is entirely attributable to products that have already been assigned to orders received from customers. (reason for earlier opinion by the author)
In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
Option elimination -
A. The first provides evidence to support the conclusion
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It is doubtful whether an investor's sniping at management can ever be anything other than counterproductive, but in this case it is clearly not justified (author's main conclusion).
It is true that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand (fact), but in Burton's case it indicates no such thing (author's opinion - why).
Rather, the increase in inventory is entirely attributable to products that have already been assigned to orders received from customers. (reason for earlier opinion by the author)
In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
Option elimination -
A. The first provides evidence to support the conclusion
...
Statistics : Posted by RD109 • on 07 Oct 2018, 22:35 • Replies 13 • Views 13939
