#23 - Specific Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[oliviab97]

Hello, I was between B and C for this answer. I ultimately chose B because I thought that increased competition was an example of how the company "enlivened" the environmental chemistry sector as described in the last sentence of the passage. Can you please explain the rationale for choice C?

[Jeff Wren]

Hi olivia,

This question is asking for a scenario that most closely matches the description provided in the last sentence of the passage.

The last sentence of the passage has two parts.

First, Koskan's company has continued success.

Second, that success helps enliven (or energize) the environmental chemistry sector (my emphasis).

Answer B describes increased competition from other chemical companies that are developing alternatives to polyaspartate.

There are two main problems with Answer B.

First, and perhaps most importantly, this answer does not state (and you definitely do not want to assume) that these chemical companies are developing environmentally friendly alternatives. If these companies are developing cheaper, better alternatives that are actually bad for the environment, that would not help the environmental chemical sector.

Second, competition with Koskan's company is not necessarily good for, or even compatible with, the company's continued success. For all we know, the competition could cause Koskan's company to go out of business.

What we're looking for is an answer in which Koskan's company continues to succeed and then expands its environmentally product(s) into other sectors, thus helping the environmental chemical sector.

This is best captured in Answer C, where the company uses its revenues from its earlier successes to fund research to expand the product into general use.

[oliviab97]

Got it, thank you for the explanation!