Hotco oil burners, designed to be used in asphalt plants, are so efficient that Hotco will sell one to the Clifton Asphalt plant for no payment other than the cost savings between the total amount the asphalt plant actually paid for oil using its former burner during the last two years and the total amount it will pay for oil using the Hotco burner during the next two years. On installation, the plant will make an estimated payment, which will be adjusted after two years to equal the actual cost savings.
Which of the following, if it occurred, would constitute a disadvantage for Hotco of the plan described above?
Hotco oil burners, designed to be used in asphalt plants, are so efficient that Hotco will sell one to the Clifton Asphalt plant for no payment other than the cost savings between the total amount the asphalt plant actually paid for oil using its former burner during the last two years and the total amount it will pay for oil using the Hotco burner during the next two years. On installation, the plant will make an estimated payment, which will be adjusted after two years to equal the actual cost savings.
Which of the following, if it occurred, would constitute a disadvantage for Hotco of the plan described above?
(A) Another manufacturer's introduction to the market of a similarly efficient burner
(B) The Clifton Asphalt plant's need for more than one new burner
(C) Very poor efficiency in the Clifton Asphalt plant's old burner
(D) A decrease in the demand for asphalt (E) A steady increase in the price of oil beginning soon after the new burner is installed
为什么答案是E?看答案没怎么弄明白。我先来说说我的理解:油价上涨导致了Hotco oil burner价格的下降。Price of a burner=Quantity of oil saved *Price of oil per litre (or gallon maybe?)。现在油价上涨了,但是节约的油的数量还是不变,所以burner的价格也会上升。
另外,我觉得D也是对的啊,沥青需求少了,那肯定oil used for burner也少了,那在油价不变的情况下,price of a burner就会下降。但是为什么D不对呢?
不知道那个地方出错了。还请大神指点!
16楼和18楼的正解。纠结于D的同学是明显搞错了比较对象!
题目说的是未来两年与过去两年的用油量相比呀(between....during the last two years and...during the next two years),不是未来两年用新机器和不用新机器的油量对比!
换句话说,过去两年的用油量已经是固定值了,那么未来两年用的油越少越好,不管是装了新机器节油,还是生产的少,总之用的油比前两年少就行,最好是一点油不用(一点不生产),那样和过去两年比用油费用的差距最大了。
这个题的OG解释非常清楚,一句话就把D否了。我们不用搞这么复杂的计算,明显把简单问题搞复杂了。(如果D改成了沥青的需求增加了,那才复杂了,但是GMAC不会出现两个同时削弱的选项来让你判断哪一个更能削弱,一定是只有一个可以削弱的选项)
Hotco公司的收益是Clifton节省的成本,油价上升的话Clifton节省的成本会变少,所以是disadvantage to Hotco。其实理论上我觉得D也是有点损害啦, 但是毕竟D的影响比较间接而且文章并没有支持,D的逻辑是,沥青需求减少,价格下降,Clifton产量减少,Clifton原料使用减少,Clifton节约的油减少,虽然很有逻辑但是文章并没有提到。
I could not type in Chinese. Hope you can still understand.
Hotco Company will calculate the amount of oil a company will use in the next 2 years, it is a certain amount of money. Let's say it is X. The Hotco burner uses Y amount of oil. In the end, the company will get (X-Y). If Y is decreased, the company will get more money.