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Resolve the paradox

Resolve the paradox

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Resolve the paradox

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- [Instructor] Paradoxes or things that just don't make sense represent another type of GMAT critical reasoning question. You may also recognize paradox questions when you see a question with wording such as resolve a discrepancy or which would logically complete the passage. So let's work through one of these questions. So there we have the question and here is the passage. Which of the following most logically completes the argument kind of signifies that we need to explain this paradoxical situation so let's read it. Costs arising from customers who are not satisfied with their repairs usually total $40,000 per year for Al's Auto Repair. To reduce these costs, Al will be requiring all of his mechanics to attend the month-long auto repair training course, which will cost him 30,000 bucks. The training is expected to lower the number of customers who are not satisfied by one-half, but Al expects the net benefit to outweigh the cost since. Okay, well, what are the two conflicting…

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