GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
GRE Prep Club Team Member
Joined: 20 Feb 2017
Posts: 2506
Given Kudos: 1055
GPA: 3.39
The only purpose for which a particular type of tape is needed is to
[#permalink]
10 Nov 2021, 04:34
10 Nov 2021, 04:34
Expert Reply
1
Bookmarks
Question 1
00:00
Question Stats:
27% (01:09) correct
73% (01:27) wrong based on 15 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
The only purpose for which a particular type of tape is needed is to hold certain surgical wounds closed for ten days—the maximum time such wounds need tape. Newtape is a new brand of this type of tape. Newtape’s salespeople claim that Newtape will improve healing because Newtape adheres twice as long as the currently used tape does.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most seriously call into question the claim made by Newtape’s salespeople?
(A) Most surgical wounds take about ten days to heal.
(B) Most surgical tape is purchased by hospitals and clinics rather than by individual surgeons.
(C) The currently used tape’s adhesiveness is more than sufficient to hold wounds closed for ten days.
(D) Neither Newtape nor the currently used tape adheres well to skin that has not been cleaned.
(E) Newtape’s adhesion to skin that has been coated with a special chemical preparation is only half as good as the currently used tape’s adhesion to such coated skin.
GRE Prep Club Team Member
Joined: 20 Feb 2017
Posts: 2506
Given Kudos: 1055
GPA: 3.39
Re: The only purpose for which a particular type of tape is needed is to
[#permalink]
13 Nov 2021, 04:14
13 Nov 2021, 04:14
1
Expert Reply
Notice the passage says 'the only purpose for which a particular type of tape is needed is to hold certain surgical wounds closed for ten days.' Therefore, the argument only pertains to a particular type of surgical wound.
Choice A talks about most surgical wounds, but we're not interested in what happens with most surgical wounds -- only a particular type of surgical wood that takes a maximum of ten days to heal.
Choice E talks about a particular circumstance in which Newtape's adhesion is not as good as the currently used tape's adhesion. Does this weaken Newtape's claim? Newtape can still improve healing overall -- just not in this particular circumstance. E is out.
Choice C tells us that the currently used tape's adhesiveness is more than sufficient for its needs. Perfect.
Choice A talks about most surgical wounds, but we're not interested in what happens with most surgical wounds -- only a particular type of surgical wood that takes a maximum of ten days to heal.
Choice E talks about a particular circumstance in which Newtape's adhesion is not as good as the currently used tape's adhesion. Does this weaken Newtape's claim? Newtape can still improve healing overall -- just not in this particular circumstance. E is out.
Choice C tells us that the currently used tape's adhesiveness is more than sufficient for its needs. Perfect.
gmatclubot
Re: The only purpose for which a particular type of tape is needed is to [#permalink]
13 Nov 2021, 04:14
Moderators:
