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I chose C for this one because I wasn't sure about any of them. Can someone explain why the answer is D?
I was trying to contrapose it back but because the stimulus has an "or" statement that confused me when I was diagramming it.
The reason why I didn't choose D is that even though the bookstore does not have exclusive access to a specialized market, I thought that since it could cater to mass tastes and be still be profitable.
What do you think?? What's the best way to answer this question??
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You are welcome. Glad to be able to help.
AHHH @maegankaezsunaz992
YOU ARE AWESOME.
Basically, I did not read the question stem correctly and failed to include that when I was trying to write up the contrapositive. You did an awesome job diagramming.
THANK YOU A TON
Bookstores can profitably sell books at below market price only if they get a discount from the publisher:
Profit below market price -----> discount from pub
PSBMP ----> DFP
Bookstores cannot get discounts from Publisher unless they generate a high sales volume:
discount from pub ----> high sales volume
DFP ----> HSV
If they are to achieve such high sales volume, bookstores must either cater to the mass tastes, or have exclusive access, or both:
high sales volume ----> Cater to mass tastes OR. Exclusive access
HSV ---->CTMT or EA
Conditional Chain:
PSBMP ----> DFP ----> HSV ----> CTMT or EA
Contrapositive:
EA & CTMT ----> HSV ----> DFP ----PSBMP
“If all the statements in the passage are true and if it is also true that a bookstore does not cater to mass taste, which one of the following CANNOT be true?
CTMT ----> HSV ----> DFP ----PSBMP
This conditional says that if CTMT -----> PSBMP but that is MBF.
because the conditional chains in answer choice D says if CTMT ----> PSBMP
Based on the conditional chain including the fact that the question stem stated "IF IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT A BOOKSTORE DOES NOT CATER TO MASS TASTES” and because we are looking for a MBF, the only one that does not to work out with the conditional chain and contrastive is answer choice D.
I hope this helps.