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[maxschauss]

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[jlucero]

Thanks messi. Always fastest to look for answers to your questions on other forums.

Max, to answer your question, A is not questioning the fact that executives purchased shares in their own bank. It is questioning whether that fact really supports the conclusion. Note the language in the answer: X has been taken as supporting Y. Z gives a reason for questioning that support. It gives an alternative explanation for why the executives purchased those shares.

[RonPurewal]

Boldface questions aren't really "process of elimination". One choice says what both statements actually do; the other choices don't.

What did you find tricky about the last 2 choices?

More importantly, what did you figure out about the boldface sentences?
I.e., if you were able to eliminate two of the choices, you must have figured out something specific. What was it?

[liu1993918]

I cannot understand why A is right. I thought it is totally wrong.

In my views, the first boldfaced portion doesn't support a conclusion. It is just a fact or result. And this arugument bring us 2 possibilities why would that fact would happen.

What's more, the second boldfaced protion doesn't give a reason for questioning the 1st boldface which is a fact. It just offer another reason for why would the 1st boldface happen.

On the contaray, D seems perfect to me.
The first decribes a fact and the second offers a reason.

[tim]

A and D are very similar. Both indicate that the first statement is a fact and the second one is an explanation for that fact. Ultimately what you need to look at here is what the conclusion is. D points to the wrong conclusion, but A gets it right.

[liu1993918]

A and D are very similar. Both indicate that the first statement is a fact and the second one is an explanation for that fact. Ultimately what you need to look at here is what the conclusion is. D points to the wrong conclusion, but A gets it right.

Thanks, Tim!
Could you explain why D points to the wrong conclusion, please?

Accoring to my views, the conclusion is that "such reasoing might well be overoptimistic" and D explains that conclusion.

[RonPurewal]

Per the forum rules, we need the source of the problem before hosting a discussion on it. What's the original source of the problem?

Thank you.

[mba2017]

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[RonPurewal]

OG problems cannot be reproduced or discussed here.

please respect the forum rules. thank you.