ParadoxDiff: Hard
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Researchers found that the actual prices wholesalers charge for common drugs are way lower than the 'suggested' prices listed in a popular pharmaceutical price book.
Reasoning: A study showed that bulk prices for common drugs are significantly lower (60-80%) than the suggested prices in a standard industry guidebook.
Analysis: The paradox here lies in the massive discrepancy between the 'official' suggested price and the actual market price for bulk sales. We need to find a reason why a guidebook would list prices that are so much higher than what wholesalers are actually charging. Perhaps the guidebook reflects retail prices rather than bulk ones, or maybe the 'suggested' price is an outdated industry standard that no one actually follows. Since this is an 'EXCEPT' question, the correct answer will be the one that fails to explain this gap or perhaps even makes the gap wider.
Reasoning: A study showed that bulk prices for common drugs are significantly lower (60-80%) than the suggested prices in a standard industry guidebook.
Analysis: The paradox here lies in the massive discrepancy between the 'official' suggested price and the actual market price for bulk sales. We need to find a reason why a guidebook would list prices that are so much higher than what wholesalers are actually charging. Perhaps the guidebook reflects retail prices rather than bulk ones, or maybe the 'suggested' price is an outdated industry standard that no one actually follows. Since this is an 'EXCEPT' question, the correct answer will be the one that fails to explain this gap or perhaps even makes the gap wider.
Passage Stimulus
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Unlock Full Passage21.Each of the following, if true, would help to explain the situation described above EXCEPT:
Correct Answer
B
B is irrelevant to the discrepancy. It compares suggested prices for common drugs to those for less common drugs, but the study already focuses on the common drugs and compares their actual bulk prices to their own suggested prices. Relative suggested prices between common and less common drugs does not explain why actual bulk prices are 60–80% lower than the suggested prices for those same common drugs.
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