Author: ceilidh.erickson
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:53 am (GMT -8)
It's also worth pointing out why the other answers were incorrect:
A. A companyâs labor costs are not affected by the efficiency of its work processes.
The passage says the opposite in line 19. Furthermore, an answer choice to an inference question that contains definitive language like "are not affected" is usually wrong.
C. It is more difficult for managers to compare their companiesâ labor rates with those of competitors than to compare labor costs.
The passage says the opposite in lines 25-28.
D. A company whose labor rates are high is unlikely to have lower labor costs than other companies.
The passage's main point is that labor rate and labor cost are different statistics; we can't necessarily compare companies with different labor rates.
E. Managers often use information about competitorsâ labor costs to calculate those companiesâ labor rates.
We're told that journalists and consultants do this, not managers. We have no reason to infer this.
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:53 am (GMT -8)
It's also worth pointing out why the other answers were incorrect:
A. A companyâs labor costs are not affected by the efficiency of its work processes.
The passage says the opposite in line 19. Furthermore, an answer choice to an inference question that contains definitive language like "are not affected" is usually wrong.
C. It is more difficult for managers to compare their companiesâ labor rates with those of competitors than to compare labor costs.
The passage says the opposite in lines 25-28.
D. A company whose labor rates are high is unlikely to have lower labor costs than other companies.
The passage's main point is that labor rate and labor cost are different statistics; we can't necessarily compare companies with different labor rates.
E. Managers often use information about competitorsâ labor costs to calculate those companiesâ labor rates.
We're told that journalists and consultants do this, not managers. We have no reason to infer this.
_________________
Ceilidh Erickson
GMAT and GRE instructor
Manhattan GMAT
If you found my posts helpful, you're warmly encouraged to "thank" and/or follow me!