Critical Reasoning (CR) | Marketing executive for Magu Corporation: Whenever Magu opens a manufa

Here's the issue with (E).

The situation described by (E), in which "workers at the manufacturing facility believed their wages or working conditions were poor" would exist on its own, regardless of whether Magu sponsors or makes donations to nonprofits.

So, let's say Magu opens a new facility at which "workers at the manufacturing facility believed their wages or working conditions were poor." The result would be thefollowing:

new facility - complaints = salesoutcome

Now, let's add sponsorships or donations. We now have thefollowing:

new facility - complaints + sponsorships or donations = higher salesoutcome

We see that, while complaints have a negative effect, sponsorships or donations still cause sales to be HIGHER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN.

So, (E) does not cast doubt on the conclusion.

Regarding (B), we have the following without sponsorships ordonations:

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Statistics : Posted by Catman • on 26 Apr 2019, 03:10 • Replies 31 • Views 39926

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