Jammy_Jammy wrote:
Option A has got a potential discrepency:
It says that : The price of rayon will not soonexceed the price of cotton.
If X does notexceed Y, it can still become equal to Y.
With this logic, if the price of rayon even becomes equal to that of cotton, the prices of cloth are not going to staylow.
It's true that, "if the price of rayon even becomes equal to that of cotton, the prices of cloth are not going to stay low."
At the same time, it is also true that, for the argument to work, it must be true that "The price of rayon will not soon exceed the price of cotton." After all, if the price of rayon will soon exceed the price of cotton, then the conclusion is not supported.
So, choice (A) is necessary for the argument to work.
We could say that the argument requires both assumptions, that the price of rayon will not exceed the price of cotton and that the price of rayon will not equal the price of cotton. Either one of those would be a correct answer.
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Statistics : Posted by MartyMurray • on 18 Feb 2024, 05:22 • Replies 6 • Views 758
