Tham khảo tài liệu 'gmat official guide 10th edition part 15', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | The best answer is A. Lines 30-31 state The managers of these companies are not deliberately wasteful they are simply unaware of all their alternatives. The single such alternative identified is one encouraged by an above-cost federal tax deduction for companies that donate inventory to charity. By stating that the manufacturers are simply unaware of this more cost-saving alternative the author suggests that if aware of the provision they might choose inventory-donation over inventory-dumping. Nowhere does the author suggest that the government failed to provide sufficient encouragement for donation choice B or that the manufacturers were unaware in the ways described by C D or E. 188. The best answer is A. Lines 34-36 indicate that a manufacturer can save money by donating excess inventory to charity. However if the cost of transporting inventory to a charitable destination is greater than that savings as A indicates the attractiveness of donating excess inventory would be lessened. Because inventory dumping involves straight cost write-off lines 18 and requires little time or preparation lines 21 dumping might seem more attractive than a donation that does not save the manufacturer money. Choice B C and D are consistent with the author s suggestion that inventory donation is more attractive D is irrelevant to the comparison. 189. The best answer is C. Lines 34-39 describe the 1976 tax provision as a financial incentive line 34 that the manufacturers would take advantage of if they were not unaware of all their alternatives for disposing of excess inventory lines 31 . This provision allows an above-cost federal tax deduction for comparison that donate inventory to charity - specifically deduction of up to twice cost for donated goods lines 34-39 . This information suggests that one reason manufacturers might take advantage of the provision is that as C states it allows a deduction in excess of the cost of manufacturing the product. Choices A B and D each describe
