PT 48, S1, Q2 Publishing Executive: Our company must sell at

by **angela** Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:01 pm

2. (D)
Question type: Identify a Flaw
The flaw in this argument is that it assumes that what is true of one small part of a set will be true of the whole set overall. The publishing executive incorrectly assumes that if no one of the publishing company’s titles can sell 100,000 copies, then all of the company’s titles as a group will not be able to sell 100,000 copies. Simply, he overlooks the possibility that in total the company could sell 100,000 copies even though no one book will achieve that on its own. Answer (D) accurately represents this flaw.

(A) is not a flaw. The publishing executive actually does anticipate this as a possibility.
(B) is out of scope. Profitability is not the central issue, but rather the number of books sold
(C) is out of scope. Profitability is not the central issue, but rather the number of books sold.
(E) is out of scope. Advertising is not a part of the argument.