When the rate of inflation exceeds the rate of return on the most profitable investment available, the difference between those two rates will be the percentage by which, at a minimum, the value of any investment will decline. If in such a circumstance the value of a particular investment declines by more than that percentage, it must be true that______. Which one of the following logically completes the argument
A. the rate of inflation has risen
B. the investment in question is becoming less profitable
C. the investment in question is less profitable than the most profitable investment available
D. the rate of return on the most profitable investment available has declined
E. (E) there has been a chance in which particular investment happens to be the most profitable available
In "quick-response" manufacturing, the manufacturer receives electronic feedback directly from retailers about which models, patterns, or styles are selling, and in what quantities. This feedback triggers the manufacture of further batches to replenish stocks of articles that have been sold. The advantage for retailers is that they are freshly stocked with just those articles that are most likely to sell. For quick-response manufacturing to work to the retailer’s advantage in the respect mentioned above, which of the following must be true
A. The cost per piece of manufacturing various articles in small batches exceeds the cost per piece of manufacturing large quantities of those articles.
B. The equipment necessary to provide the direct feedback is different from the equipment that supports conventional inventory control.
Consumers do not patronize a store that does not stock the model, pattern, or style that they prefer.
D. Consumers can distinguish retailers that rely on quick-response manufacturing from retailers that do not.
E. (E) Consumers do not suddenly stop buying models patterns, or styles that have just become popular.
Advertisements: In today’s world, you make a statement about the person you are by the car you own. The message of the SKX Mach-5 is unambiguous: Its owner is Dynamic, Aggressive, and Successful. Shouldn’t you own an SKX Mach-5 If the claims made in the advertisement are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them
Anyone who is dynamic and aggressive is also successful.
B. Anyone who is not both dynamic and successful would misrepresent himself or herself by being the owner of an SKX Mach-5.
C. People who buy the SKX Mach-5 are usually more aggressive than people who buy other cars.
D. No car other than the SKX Mach-5 announces that its owner is successful.
E. (E) Almost no one would fail to recognize the kind of person who would choose to own an SKX Mach-5.
For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed, a high degree of both international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained. A total blockade of Petrie’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo. The claims above, if true, most strongly support which of the following conclusions
A. The balance of opinion is likely to favor Petrie in the event of a blockade.
B. As long as international opinion is unanimously against Petrie, a trade embargo is likely to succeed.
C. A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure that no goods enter or leave Patria.
D. Any trade embargo against Petrie would be likely to fail at some time.
E. (E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be successful, international opinion must be unanimous.