[問題] GWD 7-30

[evelight]

Q30: Printwell’s Ink Jet Division manufactures ink-jet printers and the ink cartridges they use. Sales of its ink-jet printers have increased. Monthly revenues from those sales, however, have not increased, because competition has forced Printwell to cut the prices of its printers. Unfortunately, Printwell has been unable to bring down the cost of manufacturing a printer. Thus, despite the increase in printer sales, the Ink Jet Division must be providing the company with much smaller than it used to.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Ink-jet printers in regular use frequently need new ink cartridges, and Printwell’s printers only accept Printwell’s ink cartridges.
B. Unlike some competing companies, Printwell sells all of its printers through retailers, and these retailers’ costs account for a sizable proportion of the printers’ ultimate retail price.
C. Some printer manufacturers have been forced to reduce the sale price of their ink-jet printers even more than Printwell has.
D. In the past year, no competing manufacturer of ink-jet printers has had as great an increase in unit sales of printers as Printwell has.
E. In the past year, sales of Printwell’s ink-jet printers have increased more than sales of any other type of printer made by Printwell.

Ans: A

這題不曉得從何做起，總覺得題目最後一句是不是有漏字
......, the Ink Jet Division must be providing the company with much smaller than it used to.

much smaller修飾什麼名詞？

[lightblue]

A 表可以從其他地方穫利
跟其它公司比(b,c)
或跟去年比(d,e)
都是不對的

[Pudding]

這題前面囉哩囉嗦一堆, 其實只是在說:

Gross Profit = Sales price - cost

公司賣印表機成本降不下來, 售價又被迫降低, 因此雖然銷售數量增加, 毛利卻並未增長...

要weaken此論點, 即要證明GP實際是有增長的. 即A: 該printer配套的墨水匣隨printer銷售數量增加而有所增加, 自然帶來更好的毛利...

我也覺得最後一句有漏字說... Orz

[wangdaven]

最後一句應該沒有漏字,
used to表示過去/之前/曾經的意思,
簡單講就是今年能provide公司的比去年來的少,
(A)配合題目來看, 賣的printer大幅增加, 但總要墨水匣吧, 指公司能因此獲利,
至於(B)(C)(D)我認為都是support,
因為(B)說成本降不下來,
而且(D)(E)又在強調去年的好,但是答案應該是說今年的好或去年的不好,
(C)則irrelevant, 因為別的公司好或不好, 都不能直接說明我公司的狀況

[Lory]

這題前面囉哩囉嗦一堆, 其實只是在說:

Gross Profit = Sales price - cost
公司賣印表機成本降不下來, 售價又被迫降低, 因此雖然銷售數量增加, 毛利卻並未增長...

要weaken此論點, 即要證明GP實際是有增長的. 即A: 該printer配套的墨水匣隨printer銷售數量增加而有所增加, 自然帶來更好的毛利...

我也覺得最後一句有漏字說... Orz

本題精華在此囉!!!

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

這題前面囉哩囉嗦一堆, 其實只是在說:

Gross Profit = Sales price - cost
公司賣印表機成本降不下來, 售價又被迫降低, 因此雖然銷售數量增加, 毛利卻並未增長...

要weaken此論點, 即要證明GP實際是有增長的. 即A: 該printer配套的墨水匣隨printer銷售數量增加而有所增加, 自然帶來更好的毛利...

我也覺得最後一句有漏字說... Orz

本題精華在此囉!!!

我想此題不適合用這個概念解釋,原因是上面大大講gross profit的增長與此題無關

結論:墨水會賣的比以前差
理由:印表機毛利差
(A)weaken上述說法,表明墨水的銷售量並不受印表機的毛利的影響,因為規格已經綁死~~~~~~~~~~~~~~我最恨廠商這樣做