Cookies: flavor, concentration, weight

[Yazynin]

Cruncho cookies have twice as much flavor for your money as Choco cookies, and we show you how. A single Cruncho cookie is twice as large as a single Choco cookie, and the larger the cookie, the more the flavor.

 

Which of the following, if true, would undermine the persuasive appeal of the above advertisement?

(I) A packet of Choco contains twice as many cookies as a packet of Cruncho at the same price.

(II) Choco has more concentrated flavor than Cruncho.

(III) Despite being double in size a Cruncho cookie weighs only 50% as much as a Choco Cookie.

 

(A) I only

(B) II only

(3) I and II only

(D) II and III only

(E) I, II and III

 

[Erin]

First of all, you do know that this type of question is "old GMAT," right? Just want to make sure.

 

Okay, I've thought about whether III should be included, and I'm going to go with common sense here and say that all of them weaken the ad.

 

The point of the question stem (the ad) is to establish a ratio between "size" and flavor. Cruncho cookies are supposed to be better because their "flavor : cost" ratio is higher than that of Choco cookies.

 

Statement I essentially says that the "flavor : cost" ratio is the same for each, all other things being equal.

 

Statement II skews the ratio in favor of Choco cookies by saying that Choco cookies have more flavor/gram.

 

And to choose Statement III, we need to make the (small) leap that a lower weight = less flavor, which makes sense to me in that less mass means less substance to contain flavor. So, assuming that, Cruncho cookies again look less favorable.

 

So, I'm going with E.

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Imo E