Author: ceilidh.erickson
Subject: edit
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:22 pm (GMT -8)
We are told: "the head of the household (presumed male or absent) was specified by name, other household members were only indicated by the total number of persons counted in various categories, including occupational categories"
So imagine this hypothetical:
Household A:
Head of Household: Guy Farmer
# of other household members: 7
occupation: farming
Would you say that we have counted the men and the women in this case? How many of those 7 were women? We cannot assume 1 man + 1 woman + children. There may be in-laws, adult brothers & sisters, or other extended family members in the household.
Exact breakdowns of men and women were not included, so we can say that we counted people within a given profession, but we did not count men or women (individually). This allows us to eliminate answer choices A, D, and E.
There is nothing stated in the passage about the number of people engaged in social movements, so we can eliminate C.
The passage doesn't directly state anything about non-farming occupations, but if we're told that we've counted people in the farming profession, and we've counted the total population, then we can infer:
# of people in farming + # of people not in farming = total number of people.
This is what GMAT inference is all about - take what's given, and ask "what must then be true about the flip-side?"
The answer is B.
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Subject: edit
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:22 pm (GMT -8)
GaneshMalkar wrote:
You're misinterpreting a few things here. When a question asks "it can be inferred that _____ provides a count of which of the following," we do not interpret that to mean "a count of ONLY which of the following." The right answer may be only one detail among many that was counted.2. It can be inferred from the passage that the 1840 United States census provided a count of which of the following?
(A) Women who worked exclusively in the home
(B) People engaged in nonfarming occupations
(C) People engaged in social movements
(D) Women engaged in family-run enterprises
(E) Men engaged in agriculture
I am confused with this question![Sad]()
I marked answer as E
OA is B ...Can anyone please explain how we can infer that only those with non farming occupations were considered?
(A) Women who worked exclusively in the home
(B) People engaged in nonfarming occupations
(C) People engaged in social movements
(D) Women engaged in family-run enterprises
(E) Men engaged in agriculture
I am confused with this question
I marked answer as E
OA is B ...Can anyone please explain how we can infer that only those with non farming occupations were considered?
We are told: "the head of the household (presumed male or absent) was specified by name, other household members were only indicated by the total number of persons counted in various categories, including occupational categories"
So imagine this hypothetical:
Household A:
Head of Household: Guy Farmer
# of other household members: 7
occupation: farming
Would you say that we have counted the men and the women in this case? How many of those 7 were women? We cannot assume 1 man + 1 woman + children. There may be in-laws, adult brothers & sisters, or other extended family members in the household.
Exact breakdowns of men and women were not included, so we can say that we counted people within a given profession, but we did not count men or women (individually). This allows us to eliminate answer choices A, D, and E.
There is nothing stated in the passage about the number of people engaged in social movements, so we can eliminate C.
The passage doesn't directly state anything about non-farming occupations, but if we're told that we've counted people in the farming profession, and we've counted the total population, then we can infer:
# of people in farming + # of people not in farming = total number of people.
This is what GMAT inference is all about - take what's given, and ask "what must then be true about the flip-side?"
The answer is B.
_________________
Ceilidh Erickson
Manhattan Prep GMAT & GRE instructor
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
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