Question: A fashion designer’s fall line for women utilizing new soft fabrics broke all sales records last year. To capitalize on her success, the designer plans to launch a line of clothing for men this year that makes use of the same new soft fabrics.
The designer’s plan assumes that
(A) other designers are not planning to introduce new lines for men utilizing the same soft fabrics
(B) men will be as interested in the new soft fabrics as women were the year before
(C) the designer will have time to develop new lines for both men and women
(D) the line for men will be considered innovative and daring because of its use of fabrics
(E) women who bought the new line last year will continue to buy it this year
Answer: B
Explanation:
In GMAT critical reasoning question, candidates need to compare the arguments in the passage to see if it is according to the passage or not. They need to find the correct answer using their logical and analytical reasoning.
This is a State the assumption type question.
The first line in the passage states: A fashion designer’s fall line for women utilizing new soft fabrics broke all sales records last year. Next line states that she is planning to launch men’s fashion using the same fabric. We can easily assume that the only way for her to capitalize her success, she has to launch a new line for men.
So, she must be confident that men are interested in this new fabric just like women were.
Now, let's look at the options.
(A) other designers are not planning to introduce new lines for men utilizing the same soft fabrics - The passage does not state anything regarding the popularity of the other designers. There can be a designer who is more popular than her. If they are not planning new line for men using the same fabric, it is definitely not gpoing to effect her. If the designer less famous than her introduces the same fabric for men, it will still not affect her. Hence, this can be considered as incorrect.
(B) men will be as interested in the new soft fabrics as women were the year before - The author here assumes that since women line of clothing was a success, men’s also will be. This is based on assumption. The new line of men’s clothing using the same fabric is going to launch based on this. Hence, if men are not interested, then the new product won’t sell and she won't be able to capitalize her success. Hence, this is the correct option.
(C) the designer will have time to develop new lines for both men and women - The passage does not state about the time she has to develop the new lines. We need to consider this out of scope. Also, there is nothing that states that the designer is assuming about the time to develop new line. Hence, this is incorrect.
(D) the line for men will be considered innovative and daring because of its use of fabrics - We cannot assume that this will be correct since the women’s line is already successful. This is not innovative as she already is using this fabric. Also, the passage does not state or gives a scope to assume this way. Hence, this is also incorrect.
(E) women who bought the new line last year will continue to buy it this year - According to the premise, the only way for her to capitalize her success is, she has to create a new line. This does not depend upon whether women are going to buy this year or not. Also, the new line will be men’s line. Hence, this is incorrect.
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