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With seventeen casinos, Moneyland operates the most casinos in a certain state. Although intent on expanding, it was outmaneuvered by Apex Casinos in negotiations to acquire the Eldorado chain. To complete its acquisition of Eldorado, Apex must sell five casinos to comply with a state law forbidding any owner to operate more than one casino per county. Since Apex will still be left operating twenty casinos in the state, it will then have the most casinos in the state.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the prediction?
Apex, Eldorado, and Moneyland are the only organizations licensed to operate casinos in the state.
The majority of Eldorado's casinos in the state will need extensive renovations if they are to continue to operate profitably.
Some of the state's counties do not permit casinos.
Moneyland already operates casinos in the majority of the state's counties.
Apex will use funds it obtains from the sale of the five casinos to help fund its acquisition of the Eldorado chain.
情景：本题的情景相对比较复杂，我们仔细翻译一下。拥有17座赌场，M目前在某一州内运营了最多的赌场。虽然M意图扩张，但是A目前动作要比M快，它正在并购E（M/A/E都是运营赌场的机构）。为了完成对E的并购，A必须要卖掉5座赌场（因为政府有法律规定，一个county只能有一个赌场）。因为A并购之后会运营20座赌场，所以它将会变成该州最大的赌场运营机构。
推理：本题是明显的因果推理。当然，这个难度主要不再推理方式的判断上，而是在把整个题目的逻辑链搞清楚上。
前提：A并购之后会运营20座赌场
结论：A将会超过M成为该州最大的赌场运营机构
选题方式：因果推理只有一个评估方向，简而言之，即，反驳推理文段中的结论。
选项分析：
A选项：Correct. Apex , Eldorado, 和Moneyland是该州唯三的三家运营赌场的机构。如果本选项成立，那么A在收购E的时候必须要卖出的那5间赌场只能卖给M了，自然M的运营赌场数就变成了17+5=22家了。反驳了结论。
B选项：大部分E的赌场需要大装修才能继续在能盈利的情况下运营。推理文段的结论讨论的是运营赌场的数量，而不是赌场是否能盈利。
C选项：有些州的县不允许开设赌场。A是收购的赌场，所以必然已经是允许开设的县才会有的赌场了，所以本选项和结论无关。
D选项：M已经在大部分的周的县里运营赌场了。如果M已经这样做了，那就更说明A将会成为最大的运营结构了，因为M的扩张基本已经没希望了。
E选项：A用自己卖出的5座赌场的收入投资了收购的E的赌场。本选项和推理文段的结论无关。
靓女语塞
这tm是数学题....
给脑筋急转弯跪了。。。
什么神仙打架赌博题目，放弃
服气，看到这种明显的数字要敏感。
OG2017-CR-666 | OG2018-CR-666
这题果然666啊！！！
本题的情景相对比较复杂，我们仔细翻译一下。拥有17座赌场，M目前在某一州内运营了最多的赌场。虽然M意图扩张，但是A目前动作要比M快，它正在并购E（M/A/E都是运营赌场的机构）。为了完成对E的并购，A必须要卖掉5座赌场（因为政府有法律规定，一个county只能有一个赌场）。因为A并购之后会运营20座赌场，所以它将会变成该州最大的赌场运营机构。
脑筋急转弯：【已有的】赌场之间进行转手交易
A选项：Correct. Apex , Eldorado, 和Moneyland是该州唯三的三家运营赌场的机构。如果本选项成立，那么A在收购E的时候必须要卖出的那5间赌场只能卖给M了，自然M的运营赌场数就变成了17+5=22家了。反驳了结论。
C选项：有些州的县不允许开设赌场。A是【收购的】赌场，所以必然已经是"允许开设的县才会有的赌场了"，所以本选项和结论无关。
这选项我还是没理解啊
A选项17+5看上去正确，但怎么保证那5家赌场所在县没有M已开设的赌场？那样把赌场卖给M就是个悖论。
D选项也很奇怪，充其量就是无关选项嘛，与扩张希望有关系吗？
服气，看到这种明显的数字要敏感。
数学题？？？？？
我靠我一看到Apex就想到游戏，自动脑补casinos是游戏币， Moneyland 是冒险岛，然后Eldorado chain是要打怪得到的项链，偏到月球了
这游戏还没凉吗？
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真心很6。。。。。考试遇到这个题目 我会主动放弃，不要浪费时间在这里了 （哭泣）
我太难了。。。
脑筋急转弯吧666
我服了
做题的时候一直在纠结state与country，这个题意绕啊绕到底怎么make sense。。欺负非native不懂基础知识。。。
不是country，是county~
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是在下输了
做个数学题, E被A并购，
it was outmaneuvered by Apex Casinos in negotiations to acquire the Eldorado chain
a..CORRECT. Apex is required to sell five casinos.If it does successfully sell the 5 casinos, it must have a buyer. This answer choice implies that the only possible buyer is Moneyland. Moneyland already has 17 casinos, so if it buys five casinos from Apex, it will have 22 in total. In this scenario, Moneyland, not Apex, will have the most casinos.
(A) CORRECT. Apex is required to sell five casinos. If Apex doesn’t do this successfully, it will not be able to acquire the Eldorado casinos, and will not have the most casinos in the state. If it does successfully sell the 5 casinos, it must have a buyer. This answer choice implies that the only possible buyer is Moneyland. Moneyland already has 17 casinos, so if it buys five casinos from Apex, it will have 22 in total. In this scenario, Moneyland, not Apex, will have the most casinos.
(D) The argument already states that Moneyland owns 17 casinos. As long as this is fewer than 20, and as long as Moneyland does not acquire more casinos, the conclusion will hold. This answer choice does not state that Moneyland will acquire more casinos (or that Apex will be unable to acquire casinos). In fact, it makes it less likely that Moneyland will be able to acquire more casinos, since the state only allows Moneyland to operate one casino per county.