prep2012 CR 066

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A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price.Surprisingly,perhaps,the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge than the greastest price the market will bear.Many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product,because they want to make as much profit as they can and technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed.The drawback is that large profits on the new product give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities.
In the argument above,the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A The first is the postition the argument advocates;the second presents grounds for rejecting an alternative position
B The first is the position the argument advocates;the second is an alternative position that the argument rejects
C The first presents a strategy for achieving a certain goal;the second presents a drawback to that strategy
D The first presents a strategy for achieving a certain goal;the second presents grounds for preferring a different goal
E The first presents a strategy that,according to the argument,is ineffective;the second presents a way of improving the effectiveness of that strategy

the correct answer is A,but why the first bold face not a strategy but a position?

[RonPurewal]

hi,

1/
please respect the forum rules. "prep2012 CR 066" is not the way in which these threads should be titled.
per the forum rules, please use the first few words of the actual problem to title the thread.

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please don't be careless in posting problems. in this problem, you have mentioned "boldface" sections, yet nothing in your post is in boldface type.

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most importantly -- please search the forums for existing threads before you post problems.
virtually all the gmat prep problems are posted here already, many with extensive discussions; please do not create new threads and thereby fragment the conversation. thank you.

here's an existing thread on this problem:
a-product-that-represents-a-clear-technological-advance-t12085.html