1. per capita income=> "population" and "per capita consumption across all income levels" is irrelavent, so B, C are not correct. 2. Government control also seems irrelavent, otherwise Gmat would be like a economic theory test. So D is also wrong. 3. per capita income (C)=per capita production of grain (A) + per capita production of meat (B), so if A will not increase, in order to let C increase (the last sentence of question), B must increase, AND ALSO A MUST NOT DECREASE, otherwise it will set off the amt B increased... So only E is correct.
Power Score书中的一处错误(或者说容易被人误解的地方):书中说“假设的子集可能是也是这个题的假设”,这句话需要补充一句“但不是一定就是假设”。
如果一个题的假设是:“所有狗是聪明的”。“所有狗是聪明的”的子集是“白狗是聪明的”,白狗是聪明的肯定也是这个题的假设。
但是这里的“人口恒定”是“人口不会降低”的子集,但单独拿出来人口恒定就不是假设,因为还有人口增加也可以是必要条件。
综上,假设的子集并不一定是必要条件。必要条件之间也不一定是合集和子集的关系。