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Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: To prevent a newly built dam on the Chiff River from blocking the rout

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ArjunKumar25 wrote:

Hello,

I am having a difficult time understanding why E could not be a valid answer.

The arguments states "several thousand fish a day swam upstream during SPAWNING season." The later part of the argument says only 300 per day made the journey. Clearly, the fish pass is defective.

Now that option E tells us that "During SPAWNING season the dam release ...." . Now, the several thousand number of fishes was recorded during the Spawning season. In the first season after project completion 300 was recorded. Mythinking

Sorry that I'm late to the party, but here are some thoughts in case it's helpful!

The "several thousand fish a day" going upstream happenedbefore the introduction of the dam AND the fish pass. So wehave:

  • Spawning seasonbefore dam and pass: several thousand fish perday.
  • Spawning seasonafter dam and pass: 300 fish perday.


The author blames the pass. (E) tells us that the issue is NOT the dam. This points the finger back at the pass,
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Statistics : Posted by GMATNinja • on 03 Sep 2015, 02:45 • Replies 43 • Views 55888



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