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Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we current [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2021, 22:15
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Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we currently limit our stock to only the ten best-selling models. Our plan is to increase the number of mobile phones we sell by expanding our stock to contain the twelve most popular types.

Which of the following, if true, points out a major weakness in the plan above?

A. The capabilities of the four most popular mobile phones are approximately equivalent, with no model having consistent superiority in all respects.

B. The nine most popular types of mobile phones account for almost all mobile phones sold.

C. As the users of mobile phones have become more sophisticated, they are more willing to buy less well-known models.

D. Less popular types of mobile phones often provide less profit to the retailer because prices must be discounted to attract customers.

E. The leading type of mobile phone has been losing market position to less popular types that offer similar capabilities for less money.

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Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we current [#permalink] New post   12 Jun 2021, 06:41
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The argument does not says much, it presents a plan to keep 12 models in stock rather than 10(most popular/best selling).

To weaken this argument, we can say that that the other two models merely accounts for 0.0001% sale and hence the profit earned from these models will be less than or equal to the amount expended to manage them. This is just an example, although there could be other possibilities as well.

Which of the following, if true, points out a major weakness in the plan above?

A. The capabilities of the four most popular mobile phones are approximately equivalent, with no model having consistent superiority in all respects.- Let talk in numbers, if the four phones account 10% each and the other phones each account for equal % in the remaining 50%, this does not affect are argument in anyway.- OUT

B. The nine most popular types of mobile phones account for almost all mobile phones sold.- So, if the nine most popular phone are the ones which include almost all the mobile phones sold then adding 2 more phones will be an expense for the company. This weakens the argument. Hold

C. As the users of mobile phones have become more sophisticated, they are more willing to buy less well-known models.- Strengthens the argument- OUT

D. Less popular types of mobile phones often provide less profit to the retailer because prices must be discounted to attract customers.- Retailer is out of scope

E. The leading type of mobile phone has been losing market position to less popular types that offer similar capabilities for less money.-- Same as C. strengthens the argument.-OUT



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Re: Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we current [#permalink] New post   30 Jun 2021, 21:04
Sir i didn.t understood B option can you explain me in simple terms ??
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Re: Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we current [#permalink] New post   30 Jun 2021, 22:09
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Sir i didn.t understood B option can you explain me in simple terms ??


Hi There!

Option B says that, Out of the total phones that the company sells most of them are from the nine models out of the 12 most popular sold. So for example, if the company sold 100 models 99 of them where the 9 most popular models and the rest 1 is the 10th most famous model. Thus introducing additional models won't be of much help to the company


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